22 Dec 2006, 10:23 am / Dont know
"Speedbird 109 heavy cleared departure runway 27R" "109, cleared departure 27R" Weather was great! .. actually pretty typical of LHR but i was in a good mood so it wasn't bad. After about a 15 minute delay we were airborne and leaving the London controllers to eventually join up with Turkey before Iraq and UAE. Out of Europe was simple enough ... everything went to plan, we had some routing problems just over Turkey but they got us through it and we were back en route before leaving it. Into Dubai was relativly simple as well. The Airport was quiet and the gate was easy enough to find ... (EFB's, amazing things). Just after landing in DXB the examiner congratulated me in now being rated in the Boeing 777 and told me we were all going out for drinks that night. Was a good night and Dubai is an amazing place, hoping to get to see a little more of it sometime soon :) Flight 108 (Back to EGLL) also went well, although most of that leg was flown by another pilot. Finished with the flyng untill after Christmas although i could be going down south on the 23rd (Tomorrow) for a dang conference (BORING) but i shall wait and see ... if BA1488 isn't running i have a good excuse for not going ;)
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