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From: Kurt Ullman on 29 Jul 2008 23:10 In article <1ikv6gl.nl3nkz125r5dxN%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk>, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: > Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> wrote: > > > On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:22:36 +0100, "Brownz \(Mobile\)" > > <someone.not(a)microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > >Is there a website / map that shows what *actual* route BA fly BA0287 from > > >LHR - SFO ? > > >Just interested in what I'll be flying over !! > > > > I've flown that route several times. It goes up by james > > Bay/Hudson Bay, over northern Greenland then from the northwest > > into LHR. I was rather startled the first time I did it SFO->LHR > > to find ourselves directly over Wndsor Castle. > > Why? > > Everyone knows they built it to close to the airport... We went to WC before our taking off from LHR a few weeks ago. Having flown into Reagan Nat'l a couple of time with it rather circutious route, I was surprised that they let the jets fly over the castle like that .
From: mrtravel on 30 Jul 2008 02:28 Kurt Ullman wrote: > We went to WC before our taking off from LHR a few weeks ago. > Having flown into Reagan Nat'l a couple of time with it rather > circutious route, I was surprised that they let the jets fly over the > castle like that . Why would that be an issue? King George doesn't live in the UK
From: Kurt Ullman on 30 Jul 2008 07:48 In article <Zv6dnbEeFIGXlw3VnZ2dnUVZ_o_inZ2d(a)comcast.com>, mrtravel <mrtravel(a)a.a> wrote: > Kurt Ullman wrote: > > > We went to WC before our taking off from LHR a few weeks ago. > > Having flown into Reagan Nat'l a couple of time with it rather > > circutious route, I was surprised that they let the jets fly over the > > castle like that . > > Why would that be an issue? > King George doesn't live in the UK But the Queen would also be a very high value target. Besides the Reagan Nat'l approach predates 9-11 and GW by a couple decades.
From: george on 30 Jul 2008 12:20 On Jul 29, 10:22 pm, "Brownz \(Mobile\)" <someone....(a)microsoft.com> wrote: > Is there a website / map that shows what *actual* route BA fly BA0287 from > LHR - SFO ? > Just interested in what I'll be flying over !! > > -- > Cheerz - Brownz > '89 K100RS > '53 JCW MCS (Cage)http://www.brownz.org/ Of course the route depends on the weather and the head winds. One time I had one of my most interesting flights ever. We flew over the Outer Hebrides, Iceland, central Greenland (the black cliffs which look like bites have been taken out of them and the contrasting strong pure white snow is excellent, and it's interesting to see how clouds are not white but pale gray when compared to the Ice Cap), across Disco Bay, Greenland, the Canadian arctic islands, and then along the canadian Rockies in Alberta crossing into the US at Idaho (a fairly small target!) and then down the coast with every snow capped volcano in sight from the Canadian border on south. Much more interesting than routes further south, although the ice pack off of the tip of southern Greenland can be interesting if you've never seen it before. It was almost enough to get me to give up aisle seats!!!! George
From: Graham Harrison on 30 Jul 2008 12:50
"Kurt Ullman" <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:kurtullman-AD6209.07484030072008(a)70-3-168-216.area5.spcsdns.net... > In article <Zv6dnbEeFIGXlw3VnZ2dnUVZ_o_inZ2d(a)comcast.com>, > mrtravel <mrtravel(a)a.a> wrote: > >> Kurt Ullman wrote: >> >> > We went to WC before our taking off from LHR a few weeks ago. >> > Having flown into Reagan Nat'l a couple of time with it rather >> > circutious route, I was surprised that they let the jets fly over the >> > castle like that . >> >> Why would that be an issue? >> King George doesn't live in the UK > > But the Queen would also be a very high value target. > Besides the Reagan Nat'l approach predates 9-11 and GW by a couple > decades. Windsor Castle is largely a ceremonial place these days. Yes the Queen (and other members of the family) do live there sometimes but by no means all the time. If you look at the approach that come over central London the number of possible targets is enormous. Windsor pales into insignificance. |