It will be a truely sad day to see the old bird put to rest tommorrow but inevitable.

Does anyone know what runway the flight tonight (1840ish local) departs from?

LHR RWY
 

Tricky question.
We are on easterlies currently which means 09R. However, there is a chance it could go off 09L which would be unusual but aim towards 09R, get yourself doen towards the Hatton X area by bus or tube.
Winds seem like they will be easterly for next couple of days.

Any chance that tonights Easterly departure of the old bird could be extended easterley over London and the City? (To say thanks to Parliament who after all, Kept the Concorde project going in the first place). I'm sure the millions of city dwellers would relish the opportunity. Forget noise abatement! after all, It won't happen again mister.:ok:

Massive respect to the sentiment PN, but it's a little more than a noise abatement issue with that!

..."Thames Radar, this is Speedbird XXX"

Jericho, perhaps your right:E

Can someone tell me what arrival via OCK and LAM mean .... cheers ....

1420local out of EDI, I'll be there .... who else will be?

Jordan

P.N. : Everybody wants to get in on the act!!! ;)

Jordan : Not sure of your question. Arrivals via Heathrow are usualy via one of the 4 holds (LAMbourne, BoviNgdoN, OCKham and BIGgin), hence the arrival is referred to as such! IS that what you were after?

Thanks Jerricho, exact answer to my question.

Is Brookmans Park used as a departure beacon?

Jordan

Can't believe it !

Managed to get a JFK - LHR flight in September.:ok:
Now today 2 tickets for the LHR grandstand have arrived in the post.:ok: :ok:

Trouble is I KNOW the luck is going to balance out somewhere else :(

Check out this link to see the radar pictures of Concordes parallel approach.

Click here

Slightly off topic. Can any of you LTCC chaps tell me whether or not Angela Newman (Based in room N401) has retired?

Thanks!

Photos looked wonderful, just watching live feed of the take off from BBC Online.

Jordan

(Sniffle!)

As we all knew at the beginning of October: after this month it will no longer be possible to purchase a passenger ticket for transoceanic supersonic flight. :{

Except of course, beginning at some future date, payable in yuan! :D

ETOPS - quality pictures of the radar trace parallel approaches!

I'm quite annoyed that I'm one of the many who are working and won't be able to get to LHR to see the landings. However, I'll be looking out to the east to OCK for them - can someone tell the crew to leave the afterburners ignited over OCK so we can tell which ones they are?! Not like you've got Monday at work to worry about...

Also, ETOPS, can we all come to Kathy Nuttall's drinks next time...? :D

Thanks to BRISTOLRE's advice, I went home via Hatton Cross today to see the last JFK departure. Got a fantastic view from the car park next to the underground.

I had never seen Concorde take off before, and to see it leave for the last time, at night, with quite a big crowd cheering their heads off all around - well, it was an amazing :eek: sight and it's just as well that I'm typing this as I'm still speechless.

Maybe it was the cold, but I had a tear in my eye at the end. Given that I'm rambling like an old luvvie here it was probably the emotion of it all darling! :{

23rd October 2003 1924 hrs.........
The beginning of the roar; the rush to the front door; beautiful evening sky, almost to night but with a marvellous light blue cast; the roar deepens, increases, the windows rattle and there she is .... blasting the night sky and staying low, East to West and disappearing from view behind the trees, the unique sound footprint slowly fading for the last time. :( :( :( :{ :{ :{

By this time tomorrow night, Britains standing in the world will have dropped a few more rungs down the ladder. Such a great aircraft deserved a better send off then a poxy little grandstand for a few hundred people. BA and BAA hang your heads in shame.

RIP Concorde.

When will the final departures be?
 

red Spitfire has the times for Friday as
BAW9020C dep EGLL 0905Z, arr Edinburgh 1045Z.
BAW9021C dep Edinburg 1320Z.

I copied and pasted
LHR Dept 10:05 for 11:45 arrival in Edinburgh.
from th BA web site last week. Now I cant find it
Can anyone confirm the corect time.
Thanks
Ice

Ok
Cancel the above i just noticed the Zulu time:O :O :O :O

Thanks to Red Spitfire Driver - very helpful info. It would also be helpful to those of us considering the risky journey to somewhere near EGLL under the final approach if someone could post on Friday whether the approaches will actually be East or West.

Cheers :{ :{