I stumbled across that video- a compilation of dozens of landings, take-offs and taxiing.... simply AMAZING for all of us aviation enthusiasts! I dont think it has been posted before- didn't find anything when I did a search. This is why all of us are envious of you folks at LHR.... what a great airport.
ENJOY!
-AA777
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StudentFlyer From Australia, joined Sep 2004, 688 posts, RR: 5 Reply 2, posted (3 years 7 months 4 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 14857 times:
thanks for sharing that! Just makes me rethink how great aircraft landings are!
Well,did I see an Air Canada 340-600? When did they enter service? Was it really that long ago, since this video was dated July 21, '04?.. I may have some long term memory problem here..
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Lapper From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2002, 1419 posts, RR: 11 Reply 4, posted (3 years 7 months 4 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 14804 times:
The road that runs round the back of the maintenance areas at the Eastern end of the airport is now re-open, and allows some great views of planes on finals, yards from touchdown.
Number of flights so far this year - 83. Next flights - LHR-CDG-LHR AF AT7
StudentFlyer From Australia, joined Sep 2004, 688 posts, RR: 5 Reply 8, posted (3 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 14602 times:
Quoting Airxliban (Reply 6): The AC Airbus A340 in question is definitely a -500...what the hell was it doing at LHR?
Hmm... could that flight be the delivery flight or proving flight before the aircraft was even delivered to AC? My question exactly as well, what was it doing there?
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Pawsleykat From United Kingdom (Scotland), joined Jul 2005, 1808 posts, RR: 13 Reply 11, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 14231 times:
That's Brill. I can't wait to go down again! I didn't realise that MEA flew to LHR. Woo! BRILL
JG
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TommyBP251b From Germany, joined Apr 2006, 389 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 14060 times:
Quoting StudentFlyer (Reply 8): Hmm... could that flight be the delivery flight or proving flight before the aircraft was even delivered to AC? My question exactly as well, what was it doing there?
AC did some test flights to LHR during this time before they started the HKG service. I was thinking about the following picture and the comment under it.
The video was dated 21/7/04 and the foto is from 25/7/04.
TommyBP251b From Germany, joined Apr 2006, 389 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 13960 times:
Quoting StudentFlyer (Reply 13): Now I know it's doing some testing in LHR, I can sleep well tonight...
I think it were some normal passenger service with the 345 instead of a normal 343 for testing the aircraft and helping the crew to learn more about it on shorter routes before they started the "ultra" long-haul service to HKG.
Windshear From Denmark, joined Mar 2000, 2187 posts, RR: 15 Reply 17, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 12489 times:
Great vid!!
I was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of traffic I saw in Heathrow this summer!
Landing on 27L at dusk was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen! Taxiing to our gate at the crowded T3... WOW...
Love Heathrow!
Boaz.
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Jetdeltamsy From United States, joined Nov 2000, 2965 posts, RR: 11 Reply 19, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 12273 times:
Why would I download a program to view this video from an unknown source?
That's how virus' and spyware get transmitted.
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ATA1011Tristar From United States, joined Sep 2005, 68 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 11840 times:
Nice . . .
Very cool video. I think this captures why we all love civil aviation.
Arsenal@LHR From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2001, 7740 posts, RR: 34 Reply 21, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 11023 times:
Awesome video, Heathrow can be an addiction if you like planes, the variety of aircraft and airlines is simply incredible, only matched by FRA and CDG. Most of the shots were taken from Myrtle Avenue, a great place to watch planes.
Stirling From Italy, joined Jun 2004, 3943 posts, RR: 35 Reply 25, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 10490 times:
Boohoo....I didn't want it to END!!!
I could sit all day watching those airplanes and nothing else!
Quoting Airxliban (Reply 6): I didn't know that LY was still opearting 742s in those days
I was thinking the same thing!
Maybe it was Cargo?
I couldn't tell if there were windows or not....but I believe if LY has 742s around, they are not in PAX service....or so I was led to believe!
27 MANmatt: LY's 742s are all operate for their cargo division now, they stopped pax services with them a few years ago. AC put the 345s on LHR services so they
29 Jacobin777: LHR during the summer ROCKS!! good video....far from "amazing" however....its not too far from the Hatton Cross Station.. I took these photos from th
30 Josh12815: Excellent video! I wish we had airports close to me with that kind of action....Nothing like that here at KSLK....all we hear/see is the Beech 1900D,
31 GatwickA320: What an amazing video!!! I find it relaxing watching that - better than goldfish. I can now sit and watch the planes in the warm at home
32 RobTrent: I do like United's new paint scheme. Cool how they paint the engins struts R
33 AA777223: Great video! LHR is really widebody heaven. I love how all the airlines send their newest and best to LHR first! A great place to spot some cool plane
34 VEEREF: Correct it's a -500. And stop calling me Shirley!
35 Sovietjet: Good video but I fail to see how Heathrow is so much more amazing than a lot of other airports out there. You get all the usual boring Boeings and Air
36 Stirling: For me, LHR is unique because: 1. High proportion of Widebodies. 2. Only two runways, pointing in the same direction means traffic is always in the s
37 Windshear: Nice shots there! I was hanging around RWY 27R all the time Like the parking lot near the Renaissance Hotel, but also the round about near the hangar
38 Amirs: That LY 742 in the video is a pax version, the 742 only stopped flying in pax configuration this past November (2005).
39 GEEZ: Fantastic video! - I love the summer down at good ol' Heathrow! Chris
40 Windshear: That is exactly the case! I saw that one in September at LHR, I did not believe my eyes such an old piece of hardware! Boaz.
41 Bx737: Brillaint video. Did you see me waving as my aircraft was coming in, if you didn't I'm very upset
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