Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Airbus A380 into Heathrow

[TopiToo]

Hello,

I read in a local rag that the new Airbus A380 will be flying into Heathrow on the 18th of this month.

Can anybody clarify this, was thinking of counting the tiles on the roof, just in case I am missing a few



regards

TopiToo

[RickyX]

Following a shout around my office, I can confirm that this is indeed true.
A380 coming to do ground handling and airport compatibility assessment at LHR on 18 May.

Richard

[Jiminy]

Ricky - any idea of the flight time ?

I'm under the same flight path as TopiToo and want to make sure I have a good tiler handy !!

Ta

Jiminy

[Mark]

Tiler? You mean a good builder!

[TopiToo]

Hello RickyX

yep a flight time would be good,

is this a Singapore Airlines flight?


regards


TopiToo

[RickyX]

I am told it's scheduled in at 12.00L (Midday) and will be going to T3 for "compatibility trials" - departs the next day sometime.
Not a SIA a/c (although it may have it painted on the side) - this will be a flight test aircraft (not fully certificated yet) operating on French Reg under Airbus ownership.

Hope that helps!

RX

(p.s. I'm not a "spotter" - just work in the business for the UK Airline that has 6 A380's on order)

[Jiminy]

According to the BBC News website :
'The aircraft is due to land at Heathrow at approximately 13:20 BST'

Jiminy

[antonye]

I think Ricky works on GMT, and BST is, after all, GMT + 1.

It was on Sky news this morning, so it looks like there will be some camera crews around to capture the event in case you can't make it in person.

[antonye]

Correction: apparently the landing time has been put but by an hour!

[yeti]

Brace yourselves gents. She's comin thru............