What will I be flying?

They don’t operate exclusively to Toronto during summer, if that’s what you’re saying. If you take a look at www.lhr-lgw.co.uk, you will find these aircraft operating on a range of routes, both Canadian & European.

It’ll be a bonus if you manage to get one of these aircraft on a European flight – 35″ seat pitch! 🙂

OK, fair enough. I’m surprised, though. I would have thought that with the range of destinations served (Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Halifax) as well as flights from Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow, the 185 seat 757s would be pretty much fully utilised.

Definitely a bonus if you find yourself on one for a European flight 😀 I was on one last year, GLA-YYZ-GLA and found it a most comfortable way of crossing the Atlantic. Certainly better than the Transat sardine tin A332 we used this year to get to YVR 😡

They don’t operate exclusively to Toronto during summer, if that’s what you’re saying. If you take a look at www.lhr-lgw.co.uk, you will find these aircraft operating on a range of routes, both Canadian & European.

It’ll be a bonus if you manage to get one of these aircraft on a European flight – 35″ seat pitch! 🙂

Definately a 757-200. It’ll be one of the G-FCLH/I/J ones because it comes in from Toronto at 0920 that morning, that’s if everything is running smoothly.

The Toronto TCX 757s have a special fit – 185 seats at 35″ seat pitch. I think they only operate to eastern Canadian destinations, at least in the summer season.

Definately a 757-200. It’ll be one of the G-FCLH/I/J ones because it comes in from Toronto at 0920 that morning, that’s if everything is running smoothly.

Most likely a 757-200.

Believe me Monster500 when you say its hardly worth getting airborne, you would be only too happy to go in if it meant avoiding the gigantic security queues to get in last year. I rather foolishly thought that by camping as I have done on many previous occasions that I would wake up and just saunter in thereby avoiding all the traffic but I could not believe the size of the queues for the security check. There was no control and many people were walking to the front and pushing in. I will miss it this year as I am in Saudi but I can’t wait to see the first reports.

I suspect that the fact they have got ‘union flag’ tails is part of the criteria for selecting the a/c… we don’t mention ‘the other tails’ anymore!!!

i’m not back at work to get an update before the weekend but enjoy RIAT… wish I was going.

Neil.

Hope you have a great time 330…
Get us all some good shots..
I was planning to do the 747 flight to Fairford but my health at the moment dictates otherwise…
🙁
Have a good ‘un..

Thanks for that Mate. Its a pitty that neither aircraft are still in their world tail. Both are in the UK flag tail. Ah well, im still syked about going!!! 😀

hi ‘330’
as of yesterday (sat 12th) its IVP allocated to the Saturday Fairford charter and NLM on the Sunday… obviously things may change before next weekend.. its planned to be a Lo-J (ie more economy) 747-400… enjoy it anyway!

Neil.

One left, my outbound flight number is:

BA 9111

Am I the only person who doesent like to know what they will be flying and leave it a surprise until I get to the airport?
Not saying theirs anything wrong with finding out in advance.

1L I get my tickets out tomorrow and post the flight number.

Monster, I agree, but its something unusual to do… fly to Fairford (not far from Wales) from London, on a b747… 🙂 Its just gotta be done! 😀

it’s hardly worth getting airborne?!?

:p

Hi Andrew

The specific aircraft probably won’t be allocated for some time yet, but if you can let me have a flight number I’ll keep an eye on it at work and see if I can get you a registration nearer the time.

1L