The Falklands | Final Test Flight and Prep…
I have 24hours until the big trip from UK to The Falkland Islands, today was a final chance to test and shake-down the Conquest aircraft before we prepare and load the aircraft into the 747 ready for the flight across The Atlantic to Seattle. So far the Conquest has performed beyond all my expectations and is completely ready for the trip.
The flight today (that is to say I’m now sat at home planning for tomorrow) was a simple trip over to Ireland and up to Scotland and back down the Eastern Coast and into Manchester Airport.
Once I got to Manchester it was a matter of waiting for the 747-400 support aircraft to land from it’s test flight so the aircraft can be processed, the first job was to immediately drain and pull the aircraft into the hanger. The aircraft should be ready in the early hours of Sunday morning.
I have already pre-filed the flightplan with Manchester ATC and also with Seattle Control. The route is planned to take up north west to Iceland and Greenland and over Canada.
Today we had an issue with the sound recording on the flight cameras which I only noticed once I got home. I hope the engineers have sorted it out for tomorrow.