Hello! I'm only (almost) a private pilot in the U.S. and fly small planes like the Cessna 152 but own an excellent flight simulator, PS1, which models the B744 quite nicely.
Aerowinx's PS1 web site
In its database from a few years ago, it has a STAR (not sure which one since I currently don't have any Heathrow approach charts...to be remedied) into EGLL 27R with a routing of BNN, D19BNN, D7.5, D4.0, RW27R. I'm sure the routing is probably different these days and dependent on other factors.
I'm just really curious how fast ATCOs working EGLL would typically request jets approaching 27R?
200 knots at the IAF, 185 at the turn to base leg? Something slower?
Any preferred approach route for an early morning rush from the transatlantic flights into 27R... like Misty One? Or is some other runway or STAR favoured for that period?
For the queue with a mixture of aircraft types (say, A300s/B737s and A340-600s/B744s), do you have everyone fly at a speed that all is capable of handling, or do you assign speeds for each individual aircraft dependent on what the plane can handle?
Thank you very much for any information or pointers to information.
