Interesting BA11 Departure [Speed & Altitude outbound from LHR] 30th May
Jun 7, 2019, 4:56 pm
#16
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I think (I was very young at the time) that there was a terminal at Victoria? We went Istanbul - Bombay - Paya Lebar. Its really strange that I can remember that, but it was the first time I ever flew, so thats probably why it stuck! Coming back was BCAL 707 to LGW via somewhere in the middle east. Sorry not very BA related so before I get told off .....
Also, British United Airways had a terminal, later inherited by British Caledonian, above the platforms on Victoria Station- handy for the train to Gatwick but I remember getting bussed to a pretty basic Stansted Airport from there. An interminable journey in pre-M11 days.,
When I flew British Eagle, it was a bus to LHR from Knightsbridge Air Terminal in Knightsbridge Place, a side street off Knightsbridge
Apologies for the thread drift.
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Jun 8, 2019, 9:29 am
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Yes 6000ft is the initial cleared altitude on the standard departures from LHR (the Mayfield departures may be the exception at 5000ft I think). The one for the BA11 that day looks like a Detling departure and, unless instructed otherwise which you noted they often are, you climb to 6000ft and stay at that altitude all the way to Detling (just on the outskirts of Maidstone).
Yes 6000ft is the initial cleared altitude on the standard departures from LHR (the Mayfield departures may be the exception at 5000ft I think). The one for the BA11 that day looks like a Detling departure and, unless instructed otherwise which you noted they often are, you climb to 6000ft and stay at that altitude all the way to Detling (just on the outskirts of Maidstone).
