Comment / You don't often see lighting conditions as good as this! G-BUSK arrives on runway 25 from London Heathrow. Unlike some of her older A320 colleagues in the BA fleet, Sierra Kilo has almost another year left in service to look forward to, with her retirement not due until September 2008.

Comment / G-BUSB was the first of the early build A320s delivered to BA as a result of the British Caledonian takeover, in April 1988. After almost 20 years of service however, her days are numbered - she is due to be retired on 1st December and presumably scrapped. Here she glides overhead towards Newcastle's runway 07, with a slow shutter speed capturing the action with some 'artistic' motion blur.

Comment / One in, one out. BA chopped their Gatwick route at the end of the last winter season, leaving just the Shuttle service to Heathrow as their only presence at Newcastle. Here, as an A320 service from Heathrow arrives, Boeing 757 G-BPEK lines up in the background for a departure back to London.

Comment / The centre piece at the Aviation Viewing Park is no doubt British Airways Concorde G-BOAC which sits on her very own runway 06. Myself and 'AC were last acquainted at Birmingham airport in October 2003 when Concorde toured the UK, just before the retirement of the fleet.

Comment / Concorde's infamous delta wing, with RJX100 G-IRJX sitting in her shadow.

Comment / The first of the day's shuttle services from London Heathrow arrives at Manchester with a stream of touchdown smoke for good measure. G-CPES is now one of just 13 Boeing 757-200s left in the British Airways fleet, joining the airline in March 1998.

Comment / One of the first arrivals of the day from New York's JFK airport.

Comment / With the recently announced tender for 34 new long-haul aircraft to replace its ageing 747-400s and 767-300s, could we be seeing more 777s join the British Airways fleet, and some perhaps some 787s too? Or will it be Airbus' day with an order for a mixture of A330s, A350s and A380s? We look forward to outcome in the new year, and the first deliveries at the end of 2008 or early 2009.