Light infiltration special effects! SP-LHA LOT Poland Tu-134A in the snow at London Heathrow

Happy New Year to all my fellow Flickrites, and thanks for sharing so many of your wonderful photographs over the last year. Thanks also for your recognition and kind comments ;)

Nothing like a bit of light infiltration - as I try and capture this icy scene at London Heathrow, my 'trusty' Zenith fails me ;) Polskie Linie Lotnicze Tupolev Tu-134A SP-LHA, a glazed nose version, taxies past the Queen's Building, as Lufthansa Boeing 727 D-ABPI approaches the threshild of runway 28L for take off.

Tu-134
SP-LGA 1968-1982
SP-LGB 1969-1980 - w/o Warsaw 23Jan1980
SP-LGC 1969-1982
SP-LGD 1969-1982
SP-LGE 1969-1982

Tu-134A
SP-LHA 1973-1986 became 104 with Polish Air Force - wfu 1993
SP-LHB 1973-1986 became 103 with Polish Air Force - wfu 1992
SP-LHC 1973-1993

SP-LHD 1976-1994 - wfu 31Jul94, reg canx 09Dec96, removed from Warsaw 13Dec97 to Wroclaw LZN technical School, scrapped Sep02

SP-LHE 1976-1993 - wfu 05Nov93, reg canx 09Dec96, removed from Warsaw 15Mar98 to Lodz- Lublinek museum and preserved there. Seen Jun16 dismantled, for sale Mar17 by AeroBayArt at Nowa Sarzyna. Reported as sold to the museum at Zruc in 2018 and noted there 18Dec18. Seen 06Sep20 fuselage resting on pallets, other parts alongside.

SP-LHF 1978-1994 ex 101 Polish Air Force - wfu 29Jun94, reg canx 09Dec96, left Warsaw 25Mar98 to Szymaki, north of Warsaw on road E77, converted into a restaurant between Apr98 and Sep99 in basic LOT c/s, no titles. restaurant closed Aug12, a/c gone by May13. Moved to Kaszubski Park Gigantow at Strysza Buda, seen 03Aug13 in a dismantled state, re-assembled by 19Jul14, still in basic ex LOT c/s, without titles or registration.

SP-LHG 1978-1994 ex 102 Polish Air Force - wfu 31Mar94, reg canx 09Dec96, left Warsaw for Wladyslawowo 11Oct99 to serve as restaurant Odlotowa, opened 27Apr02, titles and reg painted out. Seen Oct09 with large 'RESTAURACJA' titles. After the restaurant closed, date not known, the titles were removed and it became an attraction in a children's cornfield maze at Gniezdzewo some time after Jun18. Seen 14Sep20 with Polish Airlines titles.

SP-LHI 1988-1991 ex 102 Polish Air Force. returned to Polish Air Force as 96102. Sold to Air Ukraine in 1992 as CCCP-65623, later UR-65623. Converted to Tu-134AK and returned to Aeroflot in 1993. wfu Sep 2009, and broken up.

Taken with a Soviet made Zenith E camera and 300mm lens. From an original slide, scanned and unrestored.

Slides that were nearly lost to oblivion No.1
The original slide / transparency was rescued from a box of 'dud' slides that I could never quite bring myself to throw away - now I am glad that I kept them. ;)

You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Greater London (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 1980

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