Originally Posted by
WHBM
Well when I came in from Aberdeen last week on Flybe (LCY on easterlies), after Southend we got as far as overhead Manston, and from the port side I could faintly see the French coastline. I know it's not twice round SPEAR followed by three times round ALKIN, but that's not really an improvement, is it ?
This is a re-hash of a post I made in the Cork forum.
After approx 50 mins flying time from Cork, go past LCY, keep going, keep going until Kent coast (if not French coast) is in sight, then turn to make the approach along the estuary. Total flight time can be an hour and a half, a third of which is going past LCY and then back again. If LCY is on westerlies, even including a spin round SE London, the flight time can be 30-40% shorter than the Grand Tour of Kentish Weald.