BA 787

[TOWTEAMBASE]

Did it arrive today, had heard today was delivery day

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Been delayed for a few days apparently.

[Large fries]

Due to arrive LHR 10.52 27 June
British Airways (BA) #9152 ? 26-Jun-2013 ? KPAE - EGLL / LHR Flight Tracker ? FlightAware (http://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW9152/history/20130627/0115Z/KPAE/EGLL)

[TOWTEAMBASE]

Delayed........surely not :-)

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787s suddenly seem to be ten a penny at LHR - I see United, Air India and Ethiopian have joined Qatar in regular ops. Still haven't had a really good close look at one though.

FR24 tells me that ET-AOS is inbound, just need to remember to look out the window in 45 mins and hope the cloudy bits have gone away... :ok:

[Tom the Tenor]

Lucky you! Enjoy.

[readywhenreaching]

ETA 1053Z :ok:

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Nah, missed it! :}

[Airclues]

Just over the Isle of man at 11.15 BST. Flight number is BAW787.

[DX Wombat]

Thank you Airclues. It now appears to be holding to the NW. :ok:

[Charley B]

out of the hold now...24 miles out and making its approach into LHR:)

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Too cloudy! Ah well...

[G-ARZG]

had to wait for Kate Humble to leave the airport......

[Level bust]

There was no chance of seeing it overflying the Isle of Man, its chucking it down with rain!

[pax britanica]

Nice to see BA getting two new aircraft close together - must be something of a first for them at least in recent years.

I couldn't resist feeling slightly amused that it is getting acclimatised to the London TMA by a few trips round the Bovingdon hold before it reaches its new home. No doubt it will spend a good few hours of its BA career inthe Heathrow stacks so why not introduce it to the holding habit right away.

[Courtman]

Here she was landing at Heathrow about 12:10L today...! Looked nice!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7302/9153243668_50d811ae1b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/adriancourt/9153243668/)
BA B788 GZBJB (http://www.flickr.com/photos/adriancourt/9153243668/) by Adrian Court (http://www.flickr.com/people/adriancourt/), on Flickr

[Albaman]

Are there any details of which airport (s) will be used for training?

[mmitch]

Like the A380 some will be at Manston.

[Albaman]

Thanks for the information re Manston.

[avionic type]

Must say it looks good in the B.A. colour scheme as its long haul shouldn't get too dirty. Anyone has any theories why the 787 has "Pie crust" trailing edges on the engine cowls and the A 380 hasn't.:hmm::hmm::hmm:

[DaveReidUK]

Anyone has any theories why the 787 has "Pie crust" trailing edges on the engine cowls and the A 380 hasn't.Good explanation by NASA of how "chevrons" work here:

NASA - NASA Helps Create a More Silent Night (http://www.nasa.gov/topics/aeronautics/features/bridges_chevron_events_prt.htm)

[gas path]

A/C no.2... BJA scheduled to arrive on the 30th!

[TOWTEAMBASE]

Has it gone into service/training yet ?

[avionic type]

Thanks Dave it puts a new slant on things I thought it was a Rolls Royce idea.:hmm::hmm:

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G-ZBJA currently approaching NW Coast or Ireland due LHR around 1340.

Edit: how odd, the blighter's now disappeared...

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

Just passing Whitegate (I think that's what it's called) 1313 BST

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Ah yes, got him again, approaching Stafford.

(In the office again a tricky deadline :{, on the plus side the weather is nice enough to see him this time :ok:...)

[Charley B]

On its way in now..about 16 miles out

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Over concentration on my work and a slight Internet lag contrived to get me to the window in time to see the wee beastie abeam Wimbledon.

By the way, while I had FR24 configured to just show 787s, I noted Norwegian Express's first example heading towards Oslo (or wherever).

[Skipness One Echo]

If anyone's looking tomorrow, G-ZBJB was towed to behind the Cathedral hangar and G-ZBJA is parked next to the former BMI hangar.

[TCX69]

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh498/TCX69K/20130630_181423_zpsdbab96d6.jpg (http://s1248.photobucket.com/user/TCX69K/media/20130630_181423_zpsdbab96d6.jpg.html)