Can anyone shed light on the plans to build the new TWR at LHR? I have watched the construction on the south side of 27L and just wondered when it will move to its new location. (Hope it doesn't fall over during the move!)

The night of October 27. They reckon it will take three hours to arrive at it's final resting place between stands 364 and 365.

... and further to that, would anyone care to enlighten us into the design cock-up when it was discovered that the specifications for the top and bottom joints differed.

How much time (delay) and money has that cost to have fixed?

<<They reckon it will take three hours to arrive at it's final resting place>>

Lucky JK won't be on No.2.... although I doubt that means much to the people there now!

"The night of October 27"

although, as NATS is involved, it remains to be seen in which year ....

You wern't one of "Jake's Bandits" were you Bren ?

Nope, sorry, means nothing......

Wonder if anyone's ever said: "Go around due control tower on the runway" before?

Probably not Gonzo.

You could be the first.

<You wern't one of "Jake's Bandits" were you Bren>

Well he did train me, I have to confess! He's still same as ever - saw him at a couple of retirements recently.

Certainly like to be up there for the crossing, but it'd be way past my bedtime.

Hey, Bren, we should have a whole new thread about JK, it seems that Gonzo, Snow, point seven and co need learn something about LHR ATC social history. Remember the tally board in the 6th floor SBU? JK was the one who held the record for 'the most aircraft cleared for take-off at any one time', what with his conditionals from inside the Bravos etc.

Presumably then, from what you say, he also made the record for 'the most aircraft on various final approaches at any one time'...? Was he 'young enough' to have operated in the old N.side tower? Certainly a living legend. Good luck to him.

Can you remember any more of the unnoficial 'records' and the 'record breakers'? Perhaps Shack can re-kindle a fading memory too. That would be a lot more interesting than the 'Emirates aborted landing' thread.

Shame it wasn't a bit nearer to Halloween, we could have hidden it in terminal 5.........

Hope they've checked the weight against the runway LCN numbers and provided extra strengthening in the roofs of all those tunnels around the central area/T5. It would be a pity to see it disappear into one of them so that only the new cab top was visible!

JK, what a day it was on No.2 being fed by him! Probably the hardest of my LHR career!

Does anyone know a what the new TWR will look like ie is there link or something for that?

BRGDS STD

Does BA own some shares in NATS if so we could provide a lot of specialist advise on how to delay the completion date. We are proud of our project skills and would merely cancel the completion date and put ion another tranch of management.

Ummm, I don't think anyone needs to worry about the completion date being delay. This is NATS, you realise!

hows the build going??? wouldn't mind popping up to see the tower cross the runway!! Love to hear the tower clearence to the tower... ermm, confused now! (more than usual! )
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Okay, here we are on 29th October - did the planned move take place on 27th?

Just inquisitive.

In the end was meant to take place the night of the 28th/29th October, but didn't. I think the plan was to try again the following night, so as I type this it should be moving...........

The new tower is in place, though nowhere near it's full height - five 12 metre high sections have to be slotted underneath the cab section moved last night.

The move started at 2310 local and was complete by 0030.

Glad all went well.. Hope they do a better job on the fittings than another new tower I heard about... Controllers thought there was a nasty pong and when the floorboards were lifted they found the toilets were just draining into the ground underneath! Gives a whole new meaning to: "How do you read this transmission?" "Fives, with a strong hum in the background!"