BA To Immediately Scrap 747s.

[G-CPTN]

When an aircraft such as G-CIVP is 'retired', is it offered to the highest bidder?
I guess that most will be parted out for spares.

[TheGreenGoblin]

G-CIVP took its last flight this morning .

Cardiff Wales...? Nah St Athan, runway 08...

[Woody]

[TheGreenGoblin]

Not being scrapped at the BA maintenance centre at Cardiff?

[Pontius Navigator]

Must say the split infinitive grates every time I see the title.

[TheGreenGoblin]

Barkingmad, making the split infinitive grate again...

[Woody]

BA seems they have sold off seven to a subsidiary of Aeroflot, Rossiya. Done via outfit at Kemble, so they could still be in one piece and be flown out or to be broken for spares.

Fake news apparently

[Ibbie]

Apparently CIVB is to be preserved at Kemble in it's retro Negus livery and not scrapped.

Scheduled to leave LHR tomorrow.

[Woody]

When G-CIVB takes off simultaneously with another Boeing 747, G-CIVY, at 07:47 this thursday it will mark the final departure of a British Airways Jumbo Jet from Heathrow.

Like her sisters, the Negus livered Victor Bravo was due to face the scrap man’s axe but news emerging today appears to offer her a reprieve.

[Woody]

[Woody]

Three at CPT

[CharlieOneSix]

G-CIVY on finals to St Athan but G-CIVB is in the hold at 7000ft for Kemble. No METAR for there but the weather thereabouts is a bit iffy for a presumably visual approach - it's only 1600m at Brize.
EDIT: unofficial weather 10k+ SCT006 BKN007.
EDIT: Landed at Kemble 1012 having dragged it in for the last 25k at 1700ft/100kt G/S.

[ribrash]

Was interesting to watch Woody.The one for Kemble returned and did a low pass through the murk.

[unifoxos]

Apparently the final 2 departed LHR this morning, didn't see any great fanfare about it. 1200 local, enormous sound of jet engines overhead, my mate Jen, somewhat more active than me, got to the window in time to see one at a fairly low level pass right over our house and disappear in a westerly direction. By the time I got to the window it was lost in the haze.

[G-CPTN]

Thanks to Woody I watched the departures - poor visibility due to low cloud, but there was a flypast after take-off.

[CharlieOneSix]

.....1200 local, enormous sound of jet engines overhead......

That can't have been either of the 747s - one landed at St Athan at 0931 and the other at Kemble at 1011 both times BST. In the vicinity of Twycross Zoo at about 1155 BST was Ascot 488, a RAF Airbus 400M, reg ZM414, low level at 650 ft on FlightRadar24. He was on a round trip flight from Brize Norton.

[G-CPTN]

Kemble landing.

[ribrash]

Very excellent. +10

[unifoxos]

In the vicinity of Twycross Zoo at about 1155 BST was Ascot 488, a RAF Airbus 400M

OK, thanks for that, seems that Jennie's aircraft recognition skills aren't up to much.

[CremeEgg]

Thanks for that G-CPTN - so much better than the BigJetTV effort. I deliberately avoided BBC ITV Sky as I knew even their aviation correspondents would be full of errors. So like a fool I tried BigJetTV. For a guy whose Dad flew Mr BigJet knows little about aviation and clearly does little if any homework especially when he is presenting a special on one subject. His "commentary" was, as usual, full of factual errors and exclamations that a 7 year old might be proud of. According to Mr Big Jet the only difference that he is aware of between the 747-300 and 747-400 is the stairs switched from spiral to a straight flight. No mention of the most obvious to me - the now two crew flight deck, the extra fuel in the tail or those wing tip extensions and most obvious of all the winglets. A few seconds on Wikipedia would have tripled his knowledge. Sorry, should be on the rant thread.