Remembrance Sunday landings at LHR

[angels]

Just out of curiosity. I have seen a post elsewhere from someone who was at a Remembrance Sunday service in Richmond today who says no planes went overhead during the silence from 1100-1102.

Does ATC halt LHR arrivals during this time? It must be pretty hard to co-ordinate (maybe not).

Or is the post I saw simply not correct and Richmond was not on the flight path?

TIA for any information.

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

I don't know what happened today but it is easy to ensure a 2 minute space in landers.

[Gonzo]

https://nats.aero/blog/2017/11/marking-remembrance-sunday-armistice-day/

[Talkdownman]

It's been known for a German Air Force Huey to slip through the net...twice...

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

<<The entire event is orchestrated with military precision and is something for which NATS takes the utmost care to get right>>

TDM..... yeah, one flew an orbit round the Cenotaph at 11am!

[angels]

Gonzo - Many thanks for that. Most interesting and touching. :ok:

[Mooncrest]

I was at Manchester Airport in 1995 at the fiftieth anniversary of the end of WW2. During the early evening there was an ATC transmission on all frequencies which went something like this:

"Manchester broadcast. There will now be two minutes' RT silence in remembrance of the ending of WW2. We request all stations to observe. Out."

Most of the airfield lights dimmed and all surface traffic - aircraft and vehicles - stopped. I think there were two aircraft on either intermediate or final approach. They might have carried out a two-minute orbit. It was a little eerie but a real privilege to witness 100% observance.