A380spotter:
Gate 42 for the 'SHT3U' (BA1391) MAN-LHR.
A380spotter:
[11:50] ..boarding.
A380spotter:
..the view from 17A.
A380spotter:
A320: flaps detail
A380spotter:
EGCC: (Disused) Control Tower
A380spotter:
MAN: Terminal 1, Pier A Gates 41 & 42.
A380spotter:
[12:12] ..awaiting the final pax.
A380spotter:
..window view across Pier A.
A380spotter:
A320: wing detail
A380spotter:
[12:36] ..pushback onto TWY JF.
A380spotter:
[12:39] ..engine-start.
A380spotter:
[12:44] ..taxi-out, via TWY J2, for 23R.
A380spotter:
[12:46] ..lining up on 23R (full-length).
A380spotter:
[12:47] + 00' 01" ..climbing off 23R over 05R/23L.
A380spotter:
[12:48] + 00' 02" ..climbing through FL025 over Mobberley, Cheshire.
A380spotter:
[12:49] + 00' 03" ..climbing through FL030 over Marthall, Knutsford.
A380spotter:
[12:50] + 00' 04" ..climbing through FL070 as we head for the Midlands.
A380spotter:
[12:50] + 00' 04" ..climbing through FL075 over Brownlow Heath, Congleton.
A380spotter:
[12:53] + 00' 07" ..climbing through FL170 over Chartley Moss National Nature Reserve, Staffordshire.
A380spotter:
[12:57] + 00' 11" ..in the cruise at FL190 over Shustoke, Warwickshire.
A380spotter:
[13:04] + 00' 18" ..in the descent through FL145 over Godington, Oxfordshire.
A380spotter:
[13:10] + 00' 24" ..in the descent through FL080 over Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire.
A380spotter:
[13:13] + 00' 27" ..dumping lift as we descend through FL065.
A380spotter:
[13:14] + 00' 28" ..dumping lift, and flaps 15, as we descend through FL050.
A380spotter:
[13:15] + 00' 29" ..over Clapham Junction Station at FL040.
A380spotter:
[13:15] + 00' 29" ..over the River Thames at Battersea.
A380spotter:
[13:16] + 00' 30" ..on the approach for 27R over Barnes Bridge.
A380spotter:
[13:17] + 00' 31" ..on the approach for 27R over Richmond-upon-Thames.
A380spotter:
[13:17] + 00' 31" ..flaps 15.
A380spotter:
[13:17] + 00' 31" ..on the approach for 27R over The King's Observatory, Old Deer Park.
