6 hours, and 1,645 words later, G-CIVB has kissed the tarmac of Sao Paolo. Just a few storm clouds, and one to two Brazilians to contend with, and got this bird on the ground, 9 mins behind sched, due to headwinds from Belo Horizonte onwards!!

Right back to Bangor i go!

thanks elgan, nope, its Erik Cantu’s Vistaliners model.

Wow is it!? Eric does some sweet models!

I truly believed it was that Volcano in Vanuatu, that has erupted again this week….when they said Hemel Hempstead, i was shocked!

Great shots Adam, is that Captain Sim’s 727?

Heathrow had freezing fog this morning so that was the delay, not the smoke really. The weather reports say no problems with smoke.

They have reduced the numbers holding at Bovingdon, so that would mean that the smoke is effecting ops

They do indeed, then fly on either to Rio, or Buenoz Aires 🙂

Hi Will….on my way from Heathrow to Sao Paulo, on a BA 744, 7 hours to go, on-line naturally ;)….oh and doing Uni work on the way lol :p

Come to think of it they used Boeing 767’s for a while too, leased from Martinair I think ?

They did indeed, to operate MAN-MCO 🙂