Hello. Please indulge me for I can't get an answer from twitter or BA themselves and I don't know where else to turn.
I am sitting in my garden this afternoon near Glasgow Airport where I can see planes shortly after take off. Partly the reason I bought the house was the views of the approach (without noise)!
Once again the British Airways shuttle for Heathrow takes off northbound (runway 05) and very soon after takeoff, slightly banks left to get off the extended runway centreline and then makes a correction to once again be on heading 050. I have watched thousands of planes take off from runway 05, and BA are the only airline who does this. Curiously I've never witnessed this on a runway 23 departure.
I am assuming it's a noise abatement procedure for the good people of Clydebank but even that doesn't make sense and it doesn't miss Clydebank only adjusts their flyover by 50 metres to the left.
Even more baffling for me is that this type of manoeuvre was expressly prohibited after the Staines disaster where predecessor BEA Flight 548 made a similar turn and stalled the wings.
(ref: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... G-ARPI.pdf)
Any baseless speculation will be gratefully received.
Here is the flight playback on FR24. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flig ... 9#3a2cac1c
I am sitting in my garden this afternoon near Glasgow Airport where I can see planes shortly after take off. Partly the reason I bought the house was the views of the approach (without noise)!
Once again the British Airways shuttle for Heathrow takes off northbound (runway 05) and very soon after takeoff, slightly banks left to get off the extended runway centreline and then makes a correction to once again be on heading 050. I have watched thousands of planes take off from runway 05, and BA are the only airline who does this. Curiously I've never witnessed this on a runway 23 departure.
I am assuming it's a noise abatement procedure for the good people of Clydebank but even that doesn't make sense and it doesn't miss Clydebank only adjusts their flyover by 50 metres to the left.
Even more baffling for me is that this type of manoeuvre was expressly prohibited after the Staines disaster where predecessor BEA Flight 548 made a similar turn and stalled the wings.
(ref: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... G-ARPI.pdf)
Any baseless speculation will be gratefully received.
Here is the flight playback on FR24. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flig ... 9#3a2cac1c
