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Old 26th Jun 2013, 17:19
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BA 787

Did it arrive today, had heard today was delivery day
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Old 26th Jun 2013, 19:33
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Been delayed for a few days apparently.
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Due to arrive LHR 10.52 27 June
British Airways (BA) #9152 ? 26-Jun-2013 ? KPAE - EGLL / LHR Flight Tracker ? FlightAware
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BA 787

Delayed........surely not :-)
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787s suddenly seem to be ten a penny at LHR - I see United, Air India and Ethiopian have joined Qatar in regular ops. Still haven't had a really good close look at one though.

FR24 tells me that ET-AOS is inbound, just need to remember to look out the window in 45 mins and hope the cloudy bits have gone away...
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Lucky you! Enjoy.
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Nah, missed it!
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Just over the Isle of man at 11.15 BST. Flight number is BAW787.
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Old 27th Jun 2013, 10:47
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Thank you Airclues. It now appears to be holding to the NW.
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out of the hold now...24 miles out and making its approach into LHR
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Old 27th Jun 2013, 11:02
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Too cloudy! Ah well...
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had to wait for Kate Humble to leave the airport......
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There was no chance of seeing it overflying the Isle of Man, its chucking it down with rain!
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Nice to see BA getting two new aircraft close together - must be something of a first for them at least in recent years.

I couldn't resist feeling slightly amused that it is getting acclimatised to the London TMA by a few trips round the Bovingdon hold before it reaches its new home. No doubt it will spend a good few hours of its BA career inthe Heathrow stacks so why not introduce it to the holding habit right away.
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Here she was landing at Heathrow about 12:10L today...! Looked nice!


BA B788 GZBJB by Adrian Court, on Flickr
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Old 28th Jun 2013, 08:19
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Are there any details of which airport (s) will be used for training?
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Like the A380 some will be at Manston.
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Old 28th Jun 2013, 17:32
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Thanks for the information re Manston.
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Must say it looks good in the B.A. colour scheme as its long haul shouldn't get too dirty. Anyone has any theories why the 787 has "Pie crust" trailing edges on the engine cowls and the A 380 hasn't.

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