LHR Spotting and Security these days

[RUDAS]

hi chaps,

i might be inbound LHR sometime soon,and on the layover would like to do some planespotting at LGW or LHR...Whats it like there for spotters these days?

I was last over there 3 years back,before all the 9/11 trouble,so,as far as security goes,is spotting a hassle?

are the decks at lhr and lgw still open?

also,do you get hasseled these days if you spot at the end of the rwy?

many thanks:ok:

[HZ123]

LHR deck closed for some time. You may get hasseled pending the mood of the Met Pol that addresses you. But you will be one of some hundreds.

[RUDAS]

thanks for that info...i wonder why they don't just put in a metal detector and search everyone's belongings like they do at the deck at kloten?

seems to work nicely there.

anyway,the met pol better not be in a nasty/grumpy/officious mood when i'm there,i've just about had it with British bad attitude!

Thanks again :{

[jettesen]

LGW deck is still open, no problems there

[No comment]

Jettesen, I think LGW gallery is now closed. Havent seen anyone on it for a while. I think they used the building works as an excuse.

[Evening Star]

Interesting related item on BBC News today:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3682329.stm

[FNG]

Greetings, spotters. Come over and play with us lot (we're the ones who annoyingly insist on moving the things with the letters on, making them hard to write down) http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=128992

[RUDAS]

Oh dear,so both gatwick and heathrows decks are closed? thats a disappointment.:{ :mad: