Scbriml From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2003, 11360 posts, RR: 50 Reply 3, posted (7 years 1 week 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 7660 times:
Yep, it's definitely the 18th.
Arrival time has been pushed back to 13:20 according to the guy at the BAA I spoke to yesterday. It will land on the south runway - not sure if that's true if 09s are in use.
BritPilot777 From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2004, 1075 posts, RR: 3 Reply 11, posted (7 years 1 week 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 7221 times:
Quoting Thowman (Reply 10): Does anyone know what time it's going to depart?
I think its there for a day or two, I cant imagine all the ground testing etc will be done within the day of its arrival but someone might be able to clarify this.
BA0284 From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2005, 299 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (7 years 1 week 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 6914 times:
I heard that it will be departing from stand 562(??) or something like that. I also heard that it will leave on the friday at 5:55am, therefore just staying a few hours.
EZYAirbus From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2003, 2448 posts, RR: 53 Reply 15, posted (7 years 1 week 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 5094 times:
Quoting BritPilot777 (Reply 11): I think its there for a day or two, I cant imagine all the ground testing etc will be done within the day of its arrival but someone might be able to clarify this.
Its doing taxi trials throughout the night on the day it arrives
Bigsmile From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2005, 140 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (7 years 1 week 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 3252 times:
Quoting RichM (Reply 16): It is landing at Filton? What day and time? Thanks.
We have not been told the times as yet, just around mid morning to midday, times will be issued nearer the time of 18th May.It is will be arriving before it goes to LHR, so 18th May
The memo read that Filton will be restricting visitor access to the site. There was no mention of it landing at Filton, just doing a flying display. The same applies to Broughton. But it can't land at Broughton anyway coz of our little runway.
Because of the A380 doing these visits, I was informed from the memo that there is not much chance of it showing up at the Family day on June 10th. Due to the heavy testing schedule.
Rom1 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2005, 134 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (7 years 1 week 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 3242 times:
Quoting Bigsmile (Reply 17): The memo read that Filton will be restricting visitor access to the site. There was no mention of it landing at Filton, just doing a flying display. The same applies to Broughton. But it can't land at Broughton anyway coz of our little runway.
do you know if it will fly over the Clifton Suspension Bridge like they did for the last Concorde?
Also, what MSN number will it be?
Rivet42 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2005, 817 posts, RR: 1 Reply 20, posted (7 years 1 week 9 hours ago) and read 2712 times:
It's just been announced on local tv news that the A.380 will be arriving over Filton approx 12 midday...
The flight-path was given as approaching from the NE (presumably from Broughton?), doing a low pass along the runway East-to-West, then looping south-west, over the Clifton Suspension Bridge, back up to Filton for a repeat fly-past West-to-East, and on to Heathrow...
All subject to the weather, of course, which is likely to be miserable (not to mention forecast high winds)!
LHRSIMON From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2002, 1342 posts, RR: 25 Reply 23, posted (7 years 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 2435 times:
It will be 27L by all accounts. Landings at the moment (11.45) are on 27R. The weather at the moment is Cloud with small patches of clear sky... But there are also some very dark couds about so it's really is going to be luck of the draw regarding photo's.
For me the aircraft is going to fly right over my office as i work about 2 mins from Hatton cross. I have my Canon 20D ready and will have to walk all of 20 ft to get a photo
Good luck anyone comming down.
Simon C
Canon 1D Mk III,Canon 20D+17-40 L f4.0,70-200 L IS USM f2.8,400 L USM f5.6,135 mm L f2.0, 50 mm f1.8,1.4 x II extender
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