British Airways 757 Retro Livery Takeoff

British Airways Boeing 757, registration G-CPET painted in the retro livery takes off on her final day of service on a shuttle flight to Edinburgh.

Sorry for the extremely shaky camera....my friend was filming i was taking photos!

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• British
• Airways
• 757
• retro
• takeoff
• heathrow
• airport
• 27R

[TLaviation]

Thanks for uploading!

[d0m0j]

@TLaviation You're very welcome =)

[SuperJayBEA]

Thank you so much for posting this. I would love to have been there to see it as my brother was the Captain for this special LHR-EDI flight.

[d0m0j]

Wow....congratualtions to your bother! =)

You're very welcome! =)

[HeathrowSpottingHD]

Loved it, so upset it could not get to film these all day!

[d0m0j]

No worries...there is a special flight on 6th November.....do keep an eye out for the scheduled service to Manchester.

[Thanhkim]

why didnt they take G-CPET into a museum with the retro colours? wuda been great if they did...

[concordetejas4576]

wow look at the takeoff on that thing it's like a rocket! Gonna miss the 757s and wish them a lovely time at Fed Ex but the 757 will always stay in our memories as 2nd to only the queen of the skies herself,Concorde.G-CPET (in full retro livery),G-CPEN and G-CPEL (both devoid of titles and livery) remain at the BA maintenance base at Heathrow at least for a few months so whoever missed their chance to photograph G-CPET in retro livery have one last chance before she's turned into a FE freighter

[juniourmoult]

The aircraft will still have to depart LHR one final time. Whether it flies out devoid of titles and tail colours like the other 757s remains to be seen. Would be a shame. They should park it at Hatton Cross til then.

Amazing video of G-CPET taking off from MAN, search :

BA retro livery Boeing 757-236 G-CPET

[juniourmoult]

The last PASSENGER CARRYING flight will now be on 6th Nov 2010 Departing 1300. Charity auction for BA staff and families. 160 seats at min £100 bid each. Flight is 90 minutes, returning to LHR 1430.

[d0m0j]

Aaaaaahhh.......that's such a shame! were there not enough bookings or something?

Do you know if it will depart as a scheduled flight or private?

Thanks for the update =)

[juniourmoult]

The LHR-MAN-LHR on 6th Nov is canx. It was an Ian Allan aviation tour but didn't attract enough interest. G-CPET will still have one final takeoff from LHR but probably devoid of the British titles.