Mad_Dog
No plane spotter, but it would be interesting to watch a low level climb past the lagoon in Mauritius.
Most of our ratings are done on 3 engines of a 4 engine jet, but all are landing, go around and V1-GO!. A departure is different and must be highly co-ordinated and have specially trained crew.
I don't know much of a 747-400 and was wondering if it will fly direct to LHR or say via Nairobi due to a weight limitation.