BTE World Tour '17 - Leg 6 EIDW to EGGL

[BEARlyThereCDN 46]

After the last three legs, this 1 hour jaunt across the Irish Sea from Dublin to London was a breeze! It was raining a little when I first fired up the PC-12 but it had stopped by the time I rolled onto the runway.

Dublin Intl (EIDW) Parking 27, Ramp GA to Heathrow (EGLL) 256 nm, ETA 1 h 01 m, High Altitude FL250
Weather - Wind Direction and Speed 198°M, 18 kts, Air Temperature 16°C, 60°F, Pressure 29.84 inHg
Conditions Rain
Visibility > 20 nm:

Shamrock A320 from the cockpit:

Shamrock A320:

Wheels up - 3:05pm local 2:05pm UTC:

From the cockpit a DeHavilland Dash 8 a mere 1nm away and 1000ft below me over Barmouth Bay at FL250:

DeHavilland Dash 8 a mere 1nm away and 1000ft below me over Barmouth Bay at FL250:

Top of Decent 75 nm out of Heathrow FL250 over Gloucester:
Top of Decent 75 nm out of Heathrow FL250 over Gloucester by BEARly There (Barry), on Flickr

Decision height runway 27R:

Wheels down at 425 pm local 305 pm UTC May 15-17 parked, fueled up, and ready for for leg 7 at 432pm local:

EGGL United Kingdom May 15-17
Flight time - 1hr
Accumulated flight time - 27 hrs 59 mins
Accumulated distance - 4763 nm

I haven't decided yet but now that I'm in Europe and I'll be knocking off 2 or 3 capitals a day, I might just stay in London for a day or two.

Cheers,

Barry

*EDIT: Not sure why the image from Gloucester isn't showing up for me but it's there,,,really! Just click the link.

Edited May 15, 2017 by BEARlyThereCDN