Didn't like the cross winds at NEMA-had two goes and then diverted, coming back for another go later!

I see a Polet An124 routed KAFW-CYQX-EGLL & arrived at Heathrow early this morning, flightplan gave RA82010 as the reg'.

It then departed at around 1225 as POT1039 to LIPZ.

How did ATC plan its departure as when i've seen them depart East Midlands, they usually have to sit on the runway about 5-7mins for the engines to heat to the correct temperature. I'm guessing this would severly disrupt the departures at Heathrow.

Fried Chicken

An 124 requested 4 mins on ruunway before departure, so to answer your question, we lost 4 minutes!

Cheers!

Did the 124 route out via Dover? I thought I saw one heading out near Kenley Aerodrome about 1230 or so, but didn't get a very good view!

I was inside a Garden Centre near Windsor today when the 124 came over. The noise was so extraordinary that I went outside immediately to see what it was, much to Mrs S's surprise.....

What is it about the 124's engines that require such unusual handling and make such a strange noise?

It looked to be headed towards DVR when I spotted it overhead Knole Park near Sevenoaks.

The An124 was filed via DVR but due to a local survey flight it didn't follow the initial SID, taking it on runway heading for a few miles before the turn to the south.

Cheers!

Thats 2x Polet 124s this year then! Unusual choice for LHR, was it a traffic stop? Odd that they would let this in for a tech stop.

I believe it was bringing in an engine or two for American Airlines.

I have a lot of questions
 

Hi
I would just like to know why a plane turning immediately after take off is such a big deal. Is it out of the norm for a plane to do such a thing?
Thanks in advance
Regards, Mohammed

Mo91.. It's because aircraft at many airports have to follow specific routes to reduce noise problems for local residents. If one does not follow the precise minimum noise route at Heathrow all hell breaks loose!!

Odd departures
 

Many many years ago when the French were being even more impossible than normal. A Britannia 737 got stuck at Manchester and was required at East Midlands, couldn't get a slot between all the tightly packed traffic from EDI, GLA, NCL etc so the ferry went special VFR not above 1,500' out of the TMA, bet the crew were still grinning at Castle Don.
Be lucky
David

Air force one at LHR?
 

Whilst just about to depart from t4 tonight I saw a 747 parking up at the royal suite, looked just like Air force 1. Didn't hear the callsign on the RT, anybody know who was on it?

Probably Condi Rice, I saw something in the news she was in Israel yesterday

It wouldnt have the call sign of Airforce One UNLESS Dubya was onboard.

It was USAF E-4B an Airborne Command Post, not a VC-25A which is the plane the President uses. Both are based on the B747-200.


She flew overhead LHR on Saturday morning in a C-32A from Andrews AFB direct TLV.

Serial was 73-1677, callsign Bust 48. Scheduled to depart this morning around 8am.

Et Voilà

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BOAC

Thanks - that is the "target" which showed correctly when first posted. Don't know what happened after............:confused:

Edit: Me too! I went in to replace the image and it all started working normally - maybe it was a problem with my ISP's cache? Ah Well!

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