The Countdown Continues - Thursday Sept 26th 2013 so under 12 hours to go

Ah Mistaire Schpond - we've been expecting you

 

Yes, the legendary Virgin Atlantic Lounge at Heathrow awaits us with it's infinite choice of fine cocktails and yummy food etc to toast us on our way down to Delhi!  

Now this is really worth the watch! OK we are on an Airbus but not the A-380 but here is how they land one at San Francisco with 800 plus passengers!

The Pilot sit's away from everything! No joy stick etc. El Capitaine merely pulls up a keyboard once in a while to enter information (check his facebook etc), but the aircraft does most of the work.

This Humongous A380 makes its first landing at the San Francisco airport and it seems is extensively automated. The Air Traffic Controller just gives them heading, altitude, speed, and they dial it all in. Pretty interesting!

For the best results,  go to 'Full Screen' on your monitor. It will seem like you are in the Cockpit with them as you dangle the dunlops and line up to dump the crazy bird on the deck 

             http://www.wimp.com/approachlanding/

We'll attempt to add to this blog while we are away folks - communications and beer intake permitting!