Comment / G-CDEG arrives on runway 05 from Liverpool, before flying on to Tenerife.

Comment / Lockheed Tristar G-IOIT has been on the ground at Stansted since the collapse of Classic Airways, a short-lived charter carrier based at the airfield during the late 1990s. Classic managed to operate another Tristar, G-IOII, in a smart green and white colour scheme , but this one never made it - British World Airlines pulled the plug on their AOC due to worrying technical problems with the ageing Tristars in August 1998. Both aircraft were grounded indefinitely at Stansted as a result; G-IOII was scrapped on site during 2000, but G-IOIT soldiers on to this day as the BAA airport tug trainer.

Comment / A Stansted regular glows in the last of the summer sunshine...

Comment / I remember that just before I took this photo, I remarked how religious CSA were with sending their 737-500s into Stansted. Sure enough, this series -400 was the next one in! OK-WGX has long been a familiar sight over London's skies - for 12 years from 1992 she served with British Airways as G-DOCI.

Comment / As well as flying on the tail of Norwegian Air Shuttle's LN-KKP, did you know that a portrait of the famous Norwegian opera singer Kirsten Flagstad also appears on the 100 kroner bill?

Comment / Stansted-based Titan Airways continues to grow, with plans to have five Boeing 737s online for the 2007 summer season. Series -33A, G-ZAPM, was the first Boeing to enter service with the airline in 1999, and was recently repainted into the carrier's smart new black and white scheme.

Comment / For photo #1000 I thought it would be great to dig out something a little more rare…