Comment / After a brief stop on the ground, the Bahrain Amiri Flight Boeing 727, A9C-BA, prepares to depart runway 05 in the fast fading sunlight... Twenty seven years on she's still in immaculate condition!

Comment / This Boeing 727-200 was a surprise arrival during a gloomy spell at Stansted - she is ex. 9K-AFA of Kuwait Airways and is now registered to Wilmington Trust Co Trustee.

Comment / Not the greatest of photos with some clutter in the foreground, but still good to see another Boeing 727 gracing the tarmac at Stansted, this one being of 1983 vintage. Saudi Oger is the name of a construction company based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Comment / A classic sits on the northside at Stansted, as an Air Berlin 737 departs 05 in the background. This private 727 was originally delivered to United in 1967, and converted into a corporate airliner in 1981. She then served as N341TC and P4-ONE, before taking up the registration P4-FLY not so long ago.

Comment / An unexpected but very welcome visitor this morning! This ex. American Airlines Boeing 727 series -100 has been retrofitted with three Rolls Royce Tays (the same powerplants as you'll find on the Fokker F100) and updated with winglets. Very nice indeed!