BA9773T from London to London
Jan 16, 2017, 1:39 am
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BA9773T from London to London
I was at LCY on 29th December and we saw this flight on the Departures Board. Purporting to be a BA flight from LCY to London, that was delayed by 44 minutes.
I thought if anyone could tell me what this was about it would be this board.
Apologies for it being at 90 degrees
I thought if anyone could tell me what this was about it would be this board.
Apologies for it being at 90 degrees
Jan 16, 2017, 1:43 am
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I am not sure, but it might have been this training flight (T for training?)
http://thebasource.com/ba-cityflyer-...ing-mission-2/
http://thebasource.com/ba-cityflyer-...ing-mission-2/
Jan 16, 2017, 1:43 am
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A positioning or training flight or that was automatically picked up and shown as a departure.
Some of the LCY aircraft operate out of STN, or else maintenance.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...-a318-lhr.html
Some of the LCY aircraft operate out of STN, or else maintenance.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...-a318-lhr.html
Jan 16, 2017, 1:45 am
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Possibly a training flight.
Although the Source doesn't have an entry for this specific flight, it does have one for a training sortie on 29 December: http://thebasource.com/ba-cityflyer-...ing-mission-2/
And on 20 December, the flight number was used for a similar training sortie: http://thebasource.com/ba-cityflyer-...ining-mission/
Although the Source doesn't have an entry for this specific flight, it does have one for a training sortie on 29 December: http://thebasource.com/ba-cityflyer-...ing-mission-2/
And on 20 December, the flight number was used for a similar training sortie: http://thebasource.com/ba-cityflyer-...ining-mission/
Jan 16, 2017, 2:08 am
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G-LCYP on a training flight. It departed LCY, went to SEN for circuits, came back to LCY for 3 more circuits. It had 3 flightplans filed, and this is just the last one for the final LCY flight it seems.
Last edited by Airprox; Jan 16, 2017 at 2:17 am
Jan 16, 2017, 3:08 am
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I have seen how U2 do it and it seems there is a flight number for the flight from base to the airport where they are doing circuits, a flight number for the actual circuits training once at the training airfield, then another flight number for the return flight back to base.
Jan 16, 2017, 5:48 am
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I have seen how U2 do it and it seems there is a flight number for the flight from base to the airport where they are doing circuits, a flight number for the actual circuits training once at the training airfield, then another flight number for the return flight back to base.
Code:
ARCID CFE9771 IFPLID - ADEP EGLC ADES EGMC EFD EOBD 161229 EFD EOBT 1221 ARCTYPE E190 REG GLCYP ARCADDR SCHEDTOT 2016-12-29 10:40:00 SCHEDTA 2016-12-29 10:48:41
Code:
ARCID CFE9772 IFPLID - ADEP EGMC ADES EGLC EFD EOBD 161229 EFD EOBT 1430 ARCTYPE E190 REG GLCYP ARCADDR SCHEDTOT 2016-12-29 13:10:00 SCHEDTA 2016-12-29 13:32:48
Code:
ARCID CFE9773 IFPLID - ADEP EGLC ADES EGLC EFD EOBD 161229 EFD EOBT 1645 ARCTYPE E190 REG GLCYP ARCADDR SCHEDTOT 2016-12-29 14:40:00 SCHEDTA 2016-12-29 15:14:00
Last edited by Airprox; Jan 16, 2017 at 5:54 am
Jan 16, 2017, 8:04 am
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I was at LCY on the 20th December and saw that too. What made it more confusing is my flight went tech, so it was swapped with another aircraft, which also went tech. I think the aircraft we eventually got was intended for that training flight.