George 👨✈️✈️
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Well today was a bit surreal! First time flying the A320ceo and first with passengers. Video captured by a colleague (
@PilotFlood
) travelling as a passenger into Mallorca this morning, landing was all mine. 😁🤙✈️
#avgeek
#pilotlife
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Spectacular views of Doha on arrival on the
@British_Airways
777!
#avgeek
#Doha
#pilotlife
#WingFriday
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My ride for today to Frankfurt. G-XLEF.
@HeathrowAirport
tower in the background and my first time at T5C for a long time.
#A380
#avgeek
#pilotlife
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Never get bored of landing back into London
@HeathrowAirport
! Always on the right side when landing on Runway 27s. This was from
@qatarairways
last night on QR5, an A350-900 (A7-AML).
#avgeek
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New favourite photo of the
@British_Airways
Queen. Landing at SFO courtesy of someone on Reddit. Thought you BA folk would enjoy especially
@jumbo747pilot
.
@benwhitworth1
@DaveWallsworth
@shesgotwings777
@LadySpeedbird
@PilotKateBees
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Watching the world’s largest plane and only Antonov AN-225 Mriya ever built departing from
@RAFBrizeNorton
this evening with
@speedbird_uk
. Quite a spectacle on departure!
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
#AN225
@AntonovCompany
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I am very pleased to announce I will be flying for Wizz Air UK out of LTN starting in September! Thanks to everyone that’s made it possible along the way. Hopefully see some familiar faces on some of my flights from LTN soon!
@wizzair
#avgeek
#pilotlife
#newjob
#aviation
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Got to fly the Airbus for the first time doing my base training. A321neo doing the honours. 6 circuits on an empty 89T jet with 240 seats is quite something as the final step for my A320 rating. First flights with passengers coming soon!
#avgeek
#pilotlife
#A321neo
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Passed my (2nd) Commercial Pilots License today for my European conversion. ✅ My first time flying this particular registration 🤣😳.
#avgeek
#pilotlife
#CPL
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Lovely smooth landing by Captain Nigel into
@Airport_FRA
this morning on
@British_Airways
’s first A380 flight in service since March 2020. Crew brilliant as always and views were good. Shame about the slight cover of anti-ice fluid on the windows.
#avgeek
#aviation
#A380
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Off to Mauritius with
@British_Airways
this evening. G-YMMF doing the honours. Unfortunately was from LGW and not LHR, but crew have been top notch so far. Wifi is working well too, tweeting from somewhere over Greece. 👌
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
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Lovely flight up to
@ABZ_Airport
this morning on
@British_Airways
BA1306 with
@speedbird_uk
. Nice to catch the rare BA A319 with the BEA livery again. Top notch crew today too. 👌
#BA100
#pilotlife
#avgeek
#aviation
#A319
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Far too early to be on a plane this morning from
@STN_Airport
.
@Ryanair
doing the honours on a new
#737MAX
down to MXP.
#FR8753
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
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Nice flight over Kemble today. Sad to see all the
@British_Airways
747s parked up though 😢.
#avgeek
#aviation
#B747
#QOTS
#pilotlife
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Commercial Pilots License ✅ CPL/MEP all passed. Even with a burst tyre! Now got the second stripe and onto the MEIR Instrument phase!
@BeLeadingEdge
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
#DA42
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Heading off on
#BA2033
now to Colombo via Doha. Lovely day for flying! Great engine views from the rear facing seats.
#avgeek
#B777
#pilotlife
#WingFriday
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Nice bit of Christmas flying today. Wasn’t lucky enough to have it off! Pristina and back for me on the 25th taking G-WUKR for the honours. Made it almost 30 mins early on both sectors! 👌 Merry Christmas all 🎄🎅
#avgeek
#pilotlife
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Gorgeous approach into MRU. Landing on Runway 14. Cheers
@British_Airways
👌. Good to see the flight almost full and some positive signs of recovery. 318 passengers on the 777-200ER today. Full in all but a handful of seats in economy. ✈���
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
#WePilots
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It’s the
@British_Airways
A380 getting airborne from Frankfurt RWY 25C with
@gotravelyourway
and
@nickykelvin
(
@ThePointsGuyUK
) onboard on their way back to LHR. We had to hold on the runway for the wake separation as the next departure.
#avgeek
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A small milestone of 500 hours on the A320 Family completed a couple days ago flying LTN-SSH on G-WUKZ. Few stats from the 500hrs:
- 173 flights
- 30 destinations
- 34,408 passengers
- 187,070 miles flown
- 2 diversions and 2 unplanned layovers
Here’s to the next 500+
#avgeek
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My
#WingFriday
submissions this week
@mmsBA
. From my
@British_Airways
#Airbus
#A350
flight to Madrid from
@HeathrowAirport
earlier this week piloted by the one and only
@scottiebateman
! My 2nd flight with a Twitter Pilot and 7th on the BA A350!
#aviation
#avgeek
#pilotlife
#BA100
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Some lovely flying today down to Chambery in the Alps in glorious weather. A 4.5° glideslope was new to me. A tad on the steep side. 🤣 Sadly the weather on our return wasn’t quite so ideal with Alderney requiring a few approaches to land safely!
#avgeek
#pilotlife
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United 767-400ER for the ride to EWR is complete. Now to connect onto another 767 for the hop across the pond back to London and home!
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
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Passed my TBM Single Engine Turbine (SET) rating yesterday! ✅ Now all set for some single pilot flying around Europe!
@flyTBM
#pilotlife
#avgeek
#aviation
#WePilots
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My
@British_Airways
flight to Istanbul has been cancelled. Guest services in the lounge got us on the direct Turkish flight a couple of hours later. All things considered, not a bad outcome. Will be my first flight on Turkish this evening.
#avgeek
#pilotlife
#TK1984
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Across the pond for the 3rd time in as many weeks. This time a BA 787-9 (G-ZBKL) to Toronto 🇨🇦 in World Traveller Plus. Looks like my bag is somewhere around the plane which is a good sign!
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
#BA93
#787Dreamliner
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Any of the BA A320 pilots flying up to Keflavík yesterday? We passed underneath you on our way up to Iceland. BA893/G-TTNK I think is the one!
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My 2023 flying is complete after getting back from SSH last night! ✈️✅
Few stats for the year and my 1st flying the Airbus:
- 674 hours across 245 flights
- 54 airports in 24 countries
- 262,053 miles flown
- 39,780 passengers
- 100 landings at LTN
Here’s to many more in 2024!
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Stunning sunset on the flight over to Budapest from Luton this evening. Not a bad place to spend 6 nights with work!
@wizzair
#avgeek
#pilotlife
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Back at
@HeathrowAirport
again. We have a full departure board at T5 again at last! Feels weird to have AA’s Flagship First in the BA First Wing though! I’m off to
@Schiphol
today for my first international trip since March.
#BA430
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
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Paris and London on the way down to Lyon this morning. Lovely clear skies all the way down and could easily spot the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
#avgeek
#pilotlife
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At
@HeathrowAirport
this morning for
@British_Airways
first revenue
#A380
flight since March 2020 (I think?), BA902 to FRA. Also on the board is
#BA1
to mark the US reopening. Departing parallel with a Virgin A350, although I think I’ll be airborne by then.
#avgeek
#aviation
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A couple of pics from a recent flight on our longest route, from Luton to Hurghada. Views of Cairo flying overhead in both directions with the routings that night. Photos taken approximately 2.5 hours apart.
#pilotlife
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Off today to Leeds (via BHD) with
@British_Airways
.
@LondonCityAir
being as efficient as always with cracking views of London on departure, landing early allowing for a quick lounge visit in Belfast. Now onwards to Leeds!
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
#E190
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My ride for this evening heading off to Singapore. A
@British_Airways
787-9 (G-ZBKS) doing the honours. Flight time of 12h30 tonight.
#avgeek
#pilotlife
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Some very strong winds last night meant a very quick trip down to Portugal from Luton, but sadly the same can’t be said for the way back! I think 591 knots is a new record for me in the A320! ✈️💨💨
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On
@DaveWallsworth
’s old ride. The de-icing this morning slightly blocking my view until we get going. Got the best view in the house though on my first flight on a BA A380 since July 2018!
#A380
#BA902
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
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Coming back from a quick trip to New York. First time at Terminal 8 and the new Chelsea Lounge here is 👌. Some great BA staff on the ground at JFK. Wonder if any of the BA lot flying the BA172 back to Heathrow this evening…
#avgeek
#pilotlife
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And we’re off.
@British_Airways
#BA1434
to
#EDI
on a new(ish) A321neo (G-NEOT - again 🙄). See you later
@HeathrowAirport
!
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
#A321neo
#flyBA
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Letting someone else do the driving today. My first time on
@VirginAtlantic
in a while for the hop across the pond this afternoon on a very new A350. Back on BA so shall see how they compare!
#avgeek
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First flight in 2 months for me. Maintenance ferry flight in a
@flyTBM
from Gloucester following all CAA regulations. Thanks to an empty
@HeathrowAirport
and amazing ATC got to fly straight across LHR as well as London at about 2000 feet!!
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
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Phase 1 of ATPLs done ✅. 7 down, 7 to go. Nice flight back home for the week to
@HeathrowAirport
from Madrid on a new three month old A320neo. Lovely Jumpseat landing into RWY 09L! Maybe
@BT77W
in the tower?
#avgeek
#aviation
#Airbus
#A320
#A320neo
#pilot
#pilotlife
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Off to
@Schiphol
on this
@British_Airways
787-8 this morning. My first international trip since 12th March.
#B787
#BA430
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
#787Dreamliner
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Well that was one interesting approach with the winds this evening. Thankfully one of the lucky ones that made it into Luton on our first go. Safety of course the top priority and thankfully didn’t have to action any of the multitude of backup plans we had in mind.
#StormIsha
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Onboard the New
@British_Airways
#A350
. Club Suites look very nice.
#BA464
from
@HeathrowAirport
to Madrid.
#BA100
#avgeek
#aviation
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Bit of non work flying today. Swapping the right seat for the left and the jet for the turboprop. Next up Athens on Sunday! ✈️
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Very impressed by the second meal service on the short transatlantic flight to JFK on
@VirginAtlantic
this afternoon. A meal that a lot of carriers can neglect or do poorly. Chicken slider definitely hit the spot!
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My 100th Flight of 2019! A lovely flight on a very new
@British_Airways
A320neo G-TTNF from
@HeathrowAirport
to
@aeropuertoMAD
. Still a few more to go this year! I guess it’s
#WingFriday
today too
@mmsBA
! ✈️
#BA464
#A320neo
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
#BA100
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My
#WingFriday
for this week
@mmsBA
. Landing at Tarbes looking at 3 unwanted
@Airbus
A380s. A sad sight for
@DaveWallsworth
no doubt. Lots of A340s here too.
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Approaching San Sebastian airport yesterday onto Runway 22. Approach goes over the beach in France before landing into Spain the other side of the river. A stunning day for it as well.
@flyTBM
#avgeek
#pilotlife
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Third time on the
@British_Airways
#A35K
this afternoon. At
@HeathrowAirport
ready for
#BA464
to Madrid.
#BA100
#avgeek
#aviation
#A350
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Made it to Chania in Crete. BA crew were top notch as always topped off with a lovely approach onto RWY 29. Now for a couple of days in the Greek sun!
#avgeek
#pilotlife
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@flightradar24
Malaga from a BA A320 on its way back from GIB. In fact I had that very view back in October 2017. 😂
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Little day trip to
#Oslo
with
@Ryanair
today. Nice day out with flights at just £15.98 return. Sadly BA Gold card didn’t give access to the lounge. Any advice for getting it to work next time? 🤪😂
#avgeek
#pilotlife
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Flight
#7
/10 of the trip, and now on the way home was
@SingaporeAir
from SGN to
@ChangiAirport
on a very new
@BoeingAirplanes
787-10, my first flight on the type! Amazing crew and the food was exceptional for a 90 min flight!
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
#Boeing787
#Dreamliner
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Flight back this afternoon with
@British_Airways
was great too. An
#A319
doing the honours. Very full which has got to be a good sign for the future, hopefully on the way to recovery! London views as amazing as always on approach to
@HeathrowAirport
!
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
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Happy New Year to everyone. Bit late, but the stats for this year:
✈️ 150 flights (84 PAX, 66 Crew)
🗺 85,147 miles
⏳ 13.1 days airborne
📍 68 airports
⏱ 100.1 hours in my logbook (last picture w/ blue pins)
Here’s to a very Wizz Air filled 2023 for me! Base training soon 👀
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My
#WingFriday
for this week
@mmsBA
from a
@British_Airways
Boeing 777 on departure out of
@HeathrowAirport
on
#BA460
yesterday. Maybe
@BT77W
in the Tower? 😂
#BA100
#avgeek
#aviation
#GE90
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Some different flying today. Swapping the right seat for the left while getting recurrent back in the SET doing a handful of approaches and landings. Quick trip up to Hawarden, quite apt for the day job with it being owned by Airbus. No Belugas there today though!
#pilotlife
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@paul_winginit
Snap! I was there a few days ago. Is that ‘free’ in the Chelsea lounge at JFK? So spent a few Avios probably 😂
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Didn’t know it at the time, but my final
@British_Airways
747 flights were to JFK and back in Sep 2019. Got to fly in the nose and upper deck, truly an incredible experience. Second pic is the final landing at LHR for me on a BA 747. ✈️
#BA747Farewell
#QOTS
#B747
#pilotlife
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Nice early flight down to Tirana and back in some lovely weather. Alps looking as nice as ever! Bit of A321neo action today. Same again tomorrow, but off to Riga instead.
#pilotlife
#avgeek
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It was a lovely day down in Tirana today. Sadly the same can’t be said for London this afternoon. 😂
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Now onboard the
@FlySWISS
A340-300 for my first flight of the day from
@HeathrowAirport
to
@zrh_airport
.
@paul_winginit
is onboard today and his seat is visible in that second pic. Down the back for me though!
#avgeek
#aviation
#A340
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Nice day trip to Krakow today. Wizz A321neo out and an EZY A319 back. Flights were alright at less than £20 return, but landing
@LDNLutonAirport
with an almost 90 min queue for immigration at midnight was far from ideal. Absolute shambles. Heathrow was sub 5 mins the other day…
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2
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Very light load on the flight up to
@EDI_Airport
with
@British_Airways
this morning. Lovely flight as always and my first commercial one since 12 March. Free food & drinks have returned to BA economy shorthaul. Tea/Coffee also available and free! Long may that last!
#avgeek
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A couple of photos from my
@Iberia
@Airbus
A340-600 to
@HeathrowAirport
yesterday, including the views over
#London
. Flight
#99
of 2019.
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
#A340
#IB3166
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Some lovely sunset views on
@British_Airways
to Zagreb this evening. Top notch crew onboard today as always.
#avgeek
#pilotlife
#BA848
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2
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Finally on the way out of
@HeathrowAirport
after 10 hours! A new
@TurkishAirlines
A321neo on TK1984 to Istanbul.
#avgeek
#pilotlife
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Just flown back home to London
@Gatwick_Airport
on
@easyJet
from
@EDI_Airport
. My first flight with EZY since 2017. Nice flight again despite a pandemic. Landed 30 mins early which is always a bonus!
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
#A320
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First day at
@BeLeadingEdge
is complete. First flight scheduled for tomorrow. Should be flying G-LDGD, a DA40 TDI. Looking forward to it! ✈️👍
#avgeek
#pilotlife
#aviation
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Time to head to Split for the week! Today on an
@easyJet
#Airbus
A319 (G-EZBO) from
@LDNLutonAirport
. I still don’t like LTN...so no change there!
#avgeek
#pilotlife
#aviaiton
#A319
#EZY2239
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My 2021 Flying Stats:
- 111 Flights
- 47,294 miles (76,112 km)
- 299 hrs 10 mins airborne (12.5 days)
- 14 Countries
🇬🇧🇮🇹🇯🇪🇮🇪🇪🇸🇫🇷🇬🇷🇵🇱🇦🇹🇷🇴🇲🇺🇩🇪🇳🇴🇭🇺
Most flown airline was
@British_Airways
yet again and here’s to a better 2022 for all. Kicking off my ‘22 with an EDI next weekend!
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Well and truly a
#boardingbutnotboarding
in Madrid
@paul_winginit
waiting for my
@British_Airways
flight. At least I’ve got one of the rare midhaul A321s!
#BA463
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
#BA100
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Homeward bound to
@HeathrowAirport
tonight on a
@British_Airways
Queen of the Skies. Best seat in the house too, on the upper deck, 62K. 😁 Should be a good flight! ✈️
#BA172
#avgeek
#aviation
#B747
#QOTS
#BA100
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Some lovely views on the approach at
@LondonCityAir
LCY Runway 09 this evening on
@British_Airways
CityFlyer. One of the most spectacular approaches for views. The Shard, Canary Wharf, Tower Bridge and the O2 Arena to name a view of the views.
#avgeek
#pilotlife
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Had my first flight in a while yesterday from
@HeathrowAirport
up to Edinburgh on an A319. Lovely flight as always from
@British_Airways
! Nice to see a healthy load factor again, although think that may change again with the new lockdown. 😢
#pilotlife
#aviation
#avgeek
#A319
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My
#WingFriday
then for this week
@mmsBA
. The
@British_Airways
A350-1000 at
@aeropuertoMAD
yesterday in the sunset. One of
@MrsPilotHelen
’s rides.
#A350
#A35K
#BA100
#avgeek
#aviation
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While I didn’t know it at the time, my last
@British_Airways
747 flight and landing was my flight on G-CIVS back from JFK in September 2019. The Queen will be missed. 😭✈️
#QOTS
#B747
#BA100
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
Homeward bound to
@HeathrowAirport
tonight on a
@British_Airways
Queen of the Skies. Best seat in the house too, on the upper deck, 62K. 😁 Should be a good flight! ✈️
#BA172
#avgeek
#aviation
#B747
#QOTS
#BA100
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So my first flight was a success! 1 hour out of Enstone with
@BeLeadingEdge
in a DA40 TDI (G-LDGD) ✈️. Thankfully the weather was pretty good this afternoon. Plane back in one piece and fully functional which is always a good thing. 😂
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
#EGTN
#DA40
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Amazing flights today for
#WingFriday
in the
@Cessna
Citation M2 with
@TextronAviation
from
@OxfordAirportUK
to NCL and back. It’s a lovely bit of kit! Also my final flights before starting at
@BeLeadingEdge
on Monday for the next chapter in my own training!
#avgeek
#pilotlife
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Credit where it’s due. Just spoke to both
@British_Airways
and
@Iberia_en
on the phone. Got through to both in less than 60 secs. Sorted a complex issue, linked bookings, got seats sorted that I couldn’t do online due to the mix of BA/IB flight numbers. Both agents top notch. 👌
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Well I’ve
#JustBooked
a day return trip from London to Milan for less than £9 each way for early August. Outbound on a
@wizzair
A321 and back on a
@Ryanair
737. At those prices, seemed silly not to!
#A321
#B737
#avgeek
#aviation
#pilotlife
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Off to
@JFKairport
now on
@British_Airways
from
@HeathrowAirport
. Nice to have a
@BoeingAirplanes
747-400, although not being flown by a known Twitter pilot.
#BA183
#avgeek
#aviation
#B747
#BA100
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Well I have
#JustBooked
my flight to Madrid to start my training with
@CAE_Inc
. On the
@British_Airways
BA460 to Madrid next month operated by a 777.
#avgeek
#aviation
#BA100
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Doing what
@paul_winginit
did yesterday! Visit to Cathay F lounge at
@HeathrowAirport
thanks to BA Gold, before my flight on
@Finnair
#A350
(OH-LWC) up to
@HelsinkiAirport
. Not a bad start to the morning!
#avgeek
#aviaiton
#pilotlife
#AY1332
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Massive thanks to the amazing crew on
@British_Airways
BA465 back to
@HeathrowAirport
from Madrid yesterday. Truly incredible service, a superb flight. And it was the A350 too! I guess this is my very early
#WingFriday
as well. 😂
#BA100
#avgeek
#A350
#aviation
#pilotlife
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My
#WingFriday
for this week
@mmsBA
, on a flight from yesterday afternoon. Onboard
@qatarairways
for a take off out of
@HIAQatar
on an
@Airbus
#A350
-1000. My first flight on the A350.
#avgeek
#aviation
#airbus
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