So how did I spend my Friday? … with AirlineGeeks… from the tower at Heathrow…

Not a question I ask a lot often… but what did I do on Friday? (Apart from catch a National Express coach first thing in the morning).

Well, I was at Heathrow Airport, with AirlineGeeks.com to celebrate the US National Aviation Day – in cooperation with American Airlines.

So how did I spend my time with them?

Well. Here’s a very very short synopsis. More of a Snapshot

I went to one of the most exclusive places to go at Heathrow – the Tower…. and went up in it.

Here’s a model of it…

And looking up the tower.

And shot a few photos from the tower…

It was then a visit to the operations section at Heathrow:

And then we had a ramp tour – with very rare ramp access to points of Heathrow that you don’t get to see every day of the week…

Air New Zealand Boeing 777-300ER landing at Heathrow

 
British Airways Airbus A319 taxing at Heathrow.

Qatar Airways Boeing 777-300ER landing at Heathrow

United Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner landing at Heathrow

Toured an American Airlines Boeing 777-300ER:

American Airlines First

American Airlines Business Class Cabin

American Airlins Main Cabin Extra

American Airlines Main Cabin

And of course – the cockpit!

And some more action shots near Terminal 5

… and visited the new arrivals lounge too!

I could never say no to an Eggs Benedict!

Coming up over the next week or so I’ll be doing some detailed posts, covering

• The New American Airlines Arrivals Lounge
• Life on the tower
• The Boeing 777-300ER – A look into the plane.
• Ramp action (split in two sections)

A big thank you to

• Ryan of AirlineGeeks for putting the programme together
• James for organising us locally
• The American Airlines Heathrow Team for being such wondeful hosts
• Heathrow Airport for granting us access to nearly all-areas
• American Airlines for extending their love of US National Aviation Day before their national borders and beyond.

And of course, my fellow #avgeeks who were out there who joined me on this adventure.

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