BA's Best Daylight Flight
Aug 14, 2007, 11:05 am
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I love the view out of the window on any day flight, even just watching the clouds...! Preferably with a gin and tonic or glass of champagne in hand.
Assuming I haven't been forced to shut the window blind which I can't bear...
Assuming I haven't been forced to shut the window blind which I can't bear...
Aug 14, 2007, 11:19 am
#32
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The girlfriend would probably vote for NRT-LHR in 3K this year, but I think the South Pacific puddle-jumpers are great non-BA flights. My vote, since it's the only one I've done, goes to HIR-GZO, that's Honiara Henderson International to Gizo International (runway qualifies, even if the terminal has only a tin roof!) via various pax, bag and chicken pick-ups en route.
Closer to home, the flight to the Scillies is pretty cool, and dropping into Ibiza over the salt pans at sunset ought to put a smile on your face (at some point in the evening).
So, what's the worst flight view? Anything landing in the Ruhr? Luton? Anywhere with fire engines waiting...?
Closer to home, the flight to the Scillies is pretty cool, and dropping into Ibiza over the salt pans at sunset ought to put a smile on your face (at some point in the evening).
So, what's the worst flight view? Anything landing in the Ruhr? Luton? Anywhere with fire engines waiting...?
Aug 14, 2007, 11:20 am
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Aug 14, 2007, 11:21 am
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To echo another post, the rare times you get to fly over a major city's downtown area are spectacular. LHR at the right times, LGA (not on BA, obv), and SYD's 16R.
Aug 14, 2007, 11:25 am
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Not on BA but flying into BGI on Thomas Cook, view not bad of Barbados, but far more important was the fact you then knew you were about to be able to get off their flying cattle truck...
Aug 14, 2007, 11:31 am
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Final approach into LIS as the sun is setting is spectacularly beautiful with the warmth of the evening sun lighting up the buildings.
One day flight that I supect could have great views is the SQ SIN - LHR flight that passes the Himalayas. Alas when I flew earlier this year, cloud was all that was visible.
One day flight that I supect could have great views is the SQ SIN - LHR flight that passes the Himalayas. Alas when I flew earlier this year, cloud was all that was visible.
Aug 14, 2007, 12:14 pm
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It has to be a day flight from ADD to LHR following the Nile all the way up to the coast - views of Khartoum where Blue joins White and then over Cairo on a crystal clear day. So much for the work planned...
And of course an very early morning run in over London on a clear day makes one proud to be.....
Ahhhhhh
And of course an very early morning run in over London on a clear day makes one proud to be.....
Ahhhhhh
Aug 14, 2007, 12:45 pm
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I'm with phreegreens on this one (and I'm surprised others haven't mentioned it). The daytime CPT-LHR flight is great and offers views that are normally never seen on any of BA's other Europe-Africa flights.
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Aug 14, 2007, 12:51 pm
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^^ for the olld HKG
And I also love coming into MIA as you cruise parallel to the oceanfront, then over the intracoastal waterway and the city before turning over the Everglades and in.
MBJ can be fun too - you come right over the coral reefs just before landing right next to the ocean/
And I also love coming into MIA as you cruise parallel to the oceanfront, then over the intracoastal waterway and the city before turning over the Everglades and in.
MBJ can be fun too - you come right over the coral reefs just before landing right next to the ocean/
Aug 14, 2007, 1:08 pm
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How could I miss my home city out. 
The view from the j/K side when approaching from the East is great, but I also like the view from the north when flying past LHR to approach from the West. My early morning flights ex HKG often taken this route, and you can see all of London spreading out. It's especially nice as I can also see that the house hasn't burnt down. 
Mind you, laying in bed this morning listening to the early wave fly over was nicer than being on board.
My favorite puddle jumper was Savai'i to Apia in Samoa (only pax, flew low so we could get some great photos), closely followed by hopping down the coast of Belize in a Cessna Caravan. Going from a grass strip to the tarmac of the Int'l airport was quite a contrast.
The view from the j/K side when approaching from the East is great, but I also like the view from the north when flying past LHR to approach from the West. My early morning flights ex HKG often taken this route, and you can see all of London spreading out. It's especially nice as I can also see that the house hasn't burnt down. Mind you, laying in bed this morning listening to the early wave fly over was nicer than being on board. My favorite puddle jumper was Savai'i to Apia in Samoa (only pax, flew low so we could get some great photos), closely followed by hopping down the coast of Belize in a Cessna Caravan. Going from a grass strip to the tarmac of the Int'l airport was quite a contrast.
Aug 14, 2007, 1:56 pm
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Aug 14, 2007, 1:58 pm
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Coming into 34L, or (on very rare occasion) into 25, I guess you want the K side.
Aug 14, 2007, 2:05 pm
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MXS-FGI (Savaii to Upolu in Samoa on Polynesian Airlines) or vice versa give some amazing coral reef views, not to mention the pleasure of landing on what seems to be essentially a school playing field at one end of the trip.
So far, these are for me the only flights on which I've been weighed as well as the luggage!
So far, these are for me the only flights on which I've been weighed as well as the luggage!
Aug 14, 2007, 2:07 pm
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The old days of Don Muang. All changed now with the new airport (which I won't attempt to spell here, Suvharnabhumi or summat).
If we're going non-BA, then take-off from ZQN is unbeatable, especially if the pilot powers down after take off so "you can all get a better view"
^.
If we're going non-BA, then take-off from ZQN is unbeatable, especially if the pilot powers down after take off so "you can all get a better view"
^.The short hop from BHE or NSN to WLG is also great on a nice day.
Any flight with an all too rare op-up.
BA longhaul flights are always disappointing, for I have yet to fly with Pucci.