Well, that's it. The final leg.
Home on a British Airways Boeing 747-300, altitude 38000 ft; cruising speed 538 mph, all the way to Terminal 5, Heathrow, London.
Yes, we landed at Terminal 5 just 24 hours after it opened, and luckily survived, baggage and all.
Home on a British Airways Boeing 747-300, altitude 38000 ft; cruising speed 538 mph, all the way to Terminal 5, Heathrow, London.
Yes, we landed at Terminal 5 just 24 hours after it opened, and luckily survived, baggage and all.
Notice how the flight started due north from Hong Kong, crossing China, and then either Mongolia or Kazakhstan (I was asleep at the time) before entering Russia. We flew very close to St. Petersburg and flew over the Baltic Sea and then Holland. I thought it was not a very direct route and wondered if it was to avoid Tibet or Pakistan or something. But when you have a look on Google Earth, it is pretty direct. (Still can't get the hang of the world being round...).
