During the pandemic the chatter has been a little quieter than normal, but if anyone is close enough and is interested the frequencies to listen in on are. Thames Radar 132.700Mhz Thames Director 133.450Mhz Heathrow Radar 125.625Mhz Thames Director 128.025Mhz London city tower 25 miles 118.075Mhz / 129.450Mhz London City Tower 2 miles 121.825Mhz ATIS […]
In 1981 set against the backdrop of a royal wedding, riots in Liverpool and Brixton, IRA hunger strikes, and Bucks Fizz winning the Eurovision song contest the newly formed London Docklands Development Corporation (LDCC) started discussing the possibility of an airport in the Docklands area. The LDCC had been formed with the intention of redeveloping […]
Fokker 50 OO-VLM on approach to London City Airport (LCY, ELGC) on 1st August 2013. OO-VLM is on short finals at London City Airport landing from the west on runway 09, on what was probably an Amsterdam service arriving at 11:00am. The photo above shows OO-VLM descending past the airport buildings. The aircraft was built […]
Video of Embraer EMB170 BA Cityflyer G-LCYF taking off from City Airport at 15:30 on 7th December 2014 Embraer EMB170 BA Cityflyer G-LCYF taking off from City Airport at 15:30 on 7th December 2014 probably on the Belfast flight. This was taken from the Steve Redgrave Bridge at the eastern side of the airport and […]
Video of G-LCYT taking off from London City airport (LCY, ELGC) at 15:35 on 7th December 2014. BA Cityflier Embraer EMB170 G-LCYT taking off from London City Airport (LCY,EGLC) at 15:35 on 7th December 2014. This was the second Embraer that took off within 5 minutes, and this was shot from the Steve Redgrave road […]
Video of C-CDEB landing at City Airport(LCY, ELGC) at 15:25 on 7th December 2014. Saab 2000 G-CDEB flown by BA Cityflyer lands from the east at London City Airport (LCY, ELGC) at 15:25 on 7th December 2014. This approach means that the aircraft descends over the Steve Redgrave road bridge at the eastern end of […]