Hi. I am trying to replicate the 747-400 departure from 27R at Heathrow as featured in the ITVV DVD. I have the SID chart for EGLL but am confused with one thing, I follow the Midhurst NDB R357 from the Burnham NDB but this takes me slightly to the left of the Wobun intersection. Should this track take me straight to the Wobun intersection (dead centre).

I am using FSX and this is the way I do it. ADF tuned to 421, Nav1 tuned to Midhurst NDB 114.00 and course set to 357 degrees. Nav2 set to LON 113.60  I take off and follow runway heading for 4 miles DME from LON and then turn right and follow the ADF towards Burnham NDB. At 7 miles DME LON I press the NAV button on the autopilot and the plane follows the 357R from Midhurst.  Am I doing this correctly?

Thanks

Andrew

Edited April 21, 20206 yr by andrew8902
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Also what does "manland 210" refer to when Captain Alan Carter is about to land at San Francisco airport? He speaks it out loud.

Thanks

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Not sure about the SID, unless the sim has a slightly different location for the Burnham NDB an thus affecting the radial. Navaids do change over the years and FSX as you know is more than a decade old.

No idea about the video - cannot find it on Youtube. Pure guess manland = manual landing, 210 might refer to current speed or the speed instructed to him by ATC at that time..

OR .... 210 might be the heading to intercept a visual approach to 19L or 19R

Just guessing.

Here is a link to the Chart from August 2006.  The outbound radial from the MID VOR is 359 and not 357 which may be why you are going slightly off the intersection.

http://www.uvairlines.com/admin/resources/EGLL.pdf

Indeed, Mark.

Also maybe worth noting (or not) that the departure is called WOBUN 2F on your chart (page 17 of 29 BTW)

2 hours ago, HighBypass said:

Indeed, Mark.

Also maybe worth noting (or not) that the departure is called WOBUN 2F on your chart (page 17 of 29 BTW)

Yes always a challenge trying to reproduce historical flights when the charts can change every month. 

Thanks guys. The chart used in the dvd is called Wobun 2F but I could not locate a chart for it until you have just posted the link, greatly appreciated.

I found a more recent chart for a Heathrow Wobun SID but it is marked as 3F (dated 17th Oct 2013) and it shows as 357 degrees. The DVDs are available to watch on the torrent sites and were made by ITVV, the one I am refering to was a Virgin Atlantic flight from Heathrow 27R to San Francisco International with Captain Alan Carter at the controls, see below.

https://www.itvv.com/Civil-Aviation-DVD/Boeing-747-400-DVD/B747-400-VIR-Flight-Deck-Experience.html