Presenting a nice Scottish business commuter service provided by HS-121 Trident 1E from EGPD Aberdeen International Airport located at Dyce approximately 5 nautical miles northwest of city centre of Aberdeen, Scotland to EGKK Gatwick Airport located 29.5 miles south of central London.
Airborne after take off on climb to FL310 with background view of lightened motorway (British word for highway) A96
Making left 180 degree turn to head to south with background view of town of Oldmeldrum where one of the oldest whisky distilleries in Scotland called Glen Garioch is located
Still on climb passing through clouds
Still in middle of 180 degree turn toward south with background view of waters of North Sea seen on top
Still climbing climbing climbing to FL310
Nice view of western Scotland and North Sea where in front of wing, you can see green land mass which is Cairngorms National Park. At wingtip where you can see city lights which is Aberdeen.
City of Aberdeen under wingtip
Now reaching FL310 to start cruising toward south
Approaching Scottish city of Dundee
Passing Dundee where you can see River Tay
Passing motorway M90 seen below the plane and River Earn seen behind the plane's tail
Leaving Dundee
Passing mighty city of Edinburgh and its airport
Waters of Firth of Forth can been seen behind the plane which is still passing Edinburgh
Cruising at mach 0.86 (yep that is official cruising speed although some pilots used mach 0.87)
City of Edinburgh and waters of Firth of Forth can be seen next to engine
Nice tail
Increasing speed to mach 0.87 from mach 0.86 to satisfy impatient business commuter passengers while crossing waters of Morecambe Bay
Passing Fleetwood suburb of city of Blackpool and waters of River Wyre
Passing city of Blackpool
Cruising at mach 0.87 (yeah the business commuter passengers are in hurry to make their business meeting times in London)
Passing Air Canada flight number 856 that was from Toronto heading to Heathrow
Passing bright city lights of Manchester
Time to start descent from FL310 to 11,000 ft
Nice sunrise
At 11,000 ft passing Heathrow airport seen under nose and Thames river seen in front of nose
Descending from 11,000 ft to 8,000 ft
Passing airport of destination to get ready for runway approach to runway 26L
On final runway approach
Seconds before touchdown
TOUCHDOWN
Braking down without reverse thrusters!!
Thank you for viewing this flight. Stay tuned for next exciting flight!!
Regards,
Aharon
All I would say is the Nav and Beacons are too bright. There is no way they would be that bright on any aircraft, and particularly in that era.
