How long has the Spectator area been scrapped, and why?

Was late 2002/early 2003 if I am not mistaken. You can still get into the final approach though with no problems. Hatton Cross tube station, Myrtle Avenue etc.

Are there any plans to re-instate it at a later date?

No plans at all.

What about Frankfurt with its viewing area?

The viewing area has been/will be closed. And truth be told, the area was not that good anyway as it is backlit. Now the approach of FRA is easily accesible (by car) and really good!

CGN, been there a year ago. It is not that interesting. Good viewing possibilities that’s for sure, but once you have seen your 10th Germanwings and your 15th Hapag Lloyd Express you haev pretty much seen it all. The interesting cargo planes (DHL/UPS) fly in mostly after dark.

When going to a place it would be nice to have someone local familiar with the best spots, schedules, routes etc (having a car would be nice). So anything in the UK as well as AMS, DUS, FRA should be good. How about going stateside, try to get that jump seat ride our resident CoEx ERJ captain will promiss us. 😉

I would love to do ZRH and/or MAD one day.

hmm I am not aware of the legal limit being 1.2. Is that an EASA requirement for large aircraft then? I’m not disputing it, I am just curious, because if the legal minimum limit for large aircraft is 1.2, then we could make lighter aircraft…….

coanda

Don’t know what organisation set that target.

I read of that limit at airliners.net.

They are all Bae146-200s, thats all i know.

James, don’t suppose you could tell me why KLM haven’t snapped up any of the 4 fokker 100s that are in storage at NWI? Just they seem to search far afield for their fokkers and their are 4 in fairly good nick (to the eye) on their UK maintenance’s doorstep.

KLM is searching high and low for F70s, not F100s. Also, the F100 was available with two different engines. It might be that the ones stored at NWI have different engines than those in the KLM fleet.

It only hurts because it’s true………… 🙁

Maybe it helps if you replace your rainy avatar with a sunny avatar? It’s all karma you know!

Why has it taken so long to visit, was it that Heathrow wasn’t up to A380 standard until now?????

There are at the moment only 7 A380, of which at least one has yet to make its first flight. At the moment the main concern for the A380 is making test flights rather then making pleasure cruises.