AP-AYV PIA Boeing 747-282B on final approach to runway 28L at London Heathrow

The Boeing Collection - photo bombed by a Metroliner :)
From a collection of some 500 Boeing slides that I've had scanned from my archives. Hope they will provide some enjoyment and nostalgia from a bygone age.

AP-AYV Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 747-282B on finals to runway 28L at London Heathrow - the livery looking nice in the late afternoon sunshine. Along with sister ship AP-AYW, the two 747s were a very common sight at LHR in the 1970s and into the 1980s, supplemented by 707s on occasion.

Taken with a Soviet made Zenith TTL camera and 300mm lens.

AP-AYV c/n 20928 - Boeing 747-282B flew with PIA from 1976 until 1999. The aircraft was originally delivered to TAP Transportes Aereos Portugueses as CS-TJC in June 1974. It was leased to PIA Pakistan International Airlines as AP-AYV in April 1976, and bought by PIA in April 1980. The aircraft was permanently retired at Karachi, Pakistan in November 1999 and was broken up there in 2002.

The Boredom List
I didn't manage to get many photos of the PIA 747s, mainly due to the fact that they were so common at LHR that I largely ignored them! The photo has inspired me to put a short list of the aircraft that were just a bit too common to bother taking photos of ;)

1) Anything British Airways ;) - I did snap the Tridents before they were finally scrapped though.
2) Pan Am and TWA 747s - I didn't mind the 707s so much
3) Air India and PIA 747s - again, I didn't mind the 707s so much
4) Iran Air 747s - the 707s and 727s were OK
5) Aer Lingus, Sabena and Lufthansa 737s - yawn
6) KLM, SAS, DC-9s - but I loved the short Series 20s
7) Alitalia DC-9s - DC-8s were fine, as were of course the visiting DC-10s and 747s ;)
8) Lufthansa and Iberia 727s - loved the occasional Condor 727s though, and the Iberia DC-9s weren't so bad
9) BMA Viscounts, Heralds & DC9s - we had a daily dose!
10) Air Anglia and Brymon - so regular back in the day :)

I would have to qualify the above and say that all would be preferable to today's menu ;)

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

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

Taken on: January 1, 1985

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