EP-IAA Iran Air Boeing 747SP-21 on finals to runway 23 at London Heathrow

The Boeing Collection
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.

Memories of Heathrow's original third runway - 23 ;) This was typical of the weather we had when Runway 23 was in operation. Sometimes the aircraft passed over my house completely hidden in the cloud :)

I was lucky to have lived right under the flight path of the London Heathrow cross-wind runway 23. Whenever we had a nice stormy south-westerly wind, you would start to hear the familiar sound of approaching aircraft. As we were around 4 miles out, aircraft would call out over the outer-marker just as they flew over the house.

It was possible to get some unusual photographic angles as the aircraft flew over, but the weather was usually a bit grim - grey skies! So apologies for this murky grainy scan - taken (appropriately) with a Soviet made Zenith E camera and 300mm lens.

One of Iran Air's four Boeing 747SP-86s EP-IAA is seen here over the outer marker (and my back garden :) on final approach to runway 23 at London Heathrow.

Iran Air at Heathrow In the 1970s and early 1980s, Iran Air used a mix of Boeings into London Heathrow. We had their four short 727s EP-IRA, B, C & D on a regular basis, but I never managed to catch one of the stretched 727-200s! [see comments section below]. The 707s EP-IRL, M & N gave way gradually to the 747s EP-IAG & H and 747SPs EP-IAA, B, C & D which took over most of the services. There were also some secondhand 707s in the form of EP-IRJ, K, N451RN & N794RN, the latter two being freighters.

EP-IAA c/n 20998 - Boeing 747SP-86 was delivered new to Iran Air in Feb 1976, the first of four brand new 747SPs that the airline bought, and the first 747SPs to be seen at London Heathrow. The aircraft flew its entire life with Iran Air. I believe the aircraft continued to fly until 2014, which is simply astonishing! The aircraft is now listed as stored on RZ Jets - withdrawn from use at Tehran-Mehrabad.

Taken with a Soviet made Zenith E camera and 300mm lens. Scanned from the original slide without restoration

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

Taken in: UK / England / Ealing / Lady Margaret (show map)

Taken on: March 1, 1979

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