Gold-nosed BA plane

This is something you don't see every day. A British Airways plane with a gold nose. This was the plane bringing home Team Great Britain from the Olympic games. As a tribute to the athletes' success the nose of the plane was painted gold. I thought it was a lovely gesture of British Airways, although I couldn't help notice how much publicity it got them........

To get this picture I had to persuade Dr. P. that we should be hanging out in Kew Gardens at around 3pm last Sunday. With my camera ready with my biggest lens I looked into the sky everytime I heard the rumble of a plane in the distance. And under the flightpath to Heathrow, this is every 30 seconds..... Finally I spotted the gold-nosed plane. "There it is!" I shouted to Dr. P. who was starting to get bored and had all along doubted we could see the nose from the ground. This made other people look up, wondering what I was getting so excited about. I took pictures while Dr. P smiled at the strangers. They probably went home and told the story about what they saw in Kew Gardens that day. It probably wasn't the flowers or the new walkway they talk about. It probably wasn't even the gold-nosed plane. I imagine they may tell the story of this really strange girl who was nearly dancing in glee when she spotted a plane when she was under the Heathrow flightpath........