Heathrow Tower Visit including ATC

[@Ronald7077]

Captain of speedbird 183 has a sense of humour. Your son said 15 minute delay on southbound traffic. Captain said we are going West. ATC controller said that was the same thing. Catain said he would amend his compass. Brillaint.... Great to know these guys have a sense of humour. Fab video.... ATC Staff certainly have their hands full at all times. I am still laughing at interaction .... Brillant.

[@flowmp]

What a view!! I swear bro, i can seat right up there all day long, & drink boxes of beers just enjoying all the action going on & never get bored-

[@MichelleGray502]

Great Video really clear and sharp, I really Appreciate good camera when I see it and heathrow is always the airport I traveled to when I go Home on holiday. or Manchester airport I am seeing family that lives there Now. Thanks for Posting the video

[@zah1r]

Best video i've seen!!! good job with the radio overlay! Simply amazing

[@ythinder]

I work for BA and my manager arranged a visit up the tower - it was amazing I could have stayed there all day!!!

[@darrell190967]

a big well done for a great (allbeit small) insight into LHR's tower....would love to see more like this, this is pure heaven for a keen aviation enthusiast like myself

[@everyday-diy]

Wow what a great opportunity to visit the tower you had! Amazing. It's a totally different world from up there.

[@brilondon]

This was really well shot and incredibly interesting. Thanks for sharing

[@strafrag1]

Great video. Heathrow has always been a very exciting airport. Thanks.

[@GilbertoFreitasMendes]

Very nice airport! In my opinion one of a wonderful airports! Thanks for sharing this. Thanks from Brasil.

[@Rozumski]

Excellent footage, many thanks for posting.

[@FSXFaulder]

the QNH (in millibars) is the pressure setting for the area which allows the pitot tubes (which provide the altitude & speed) to make adjustments to make them more accurate

[@zszs100]

JUST BEAUTIFUL!!! Love the A340s!

[@fuzzybearish]

Look forward to more Heathrow tower videos. Well done to include ATC transmissions.

[@tubephobia]

Never heard or seen anything like this before. Very interesting, thanks so much.

[@cam9408]

Amazing view! If you did a timelapse of some of the gates in front over the period of a day it would be the most amazing video!

[@kevdrums100]

these are standard instrument departure (SID) routings which take the aircraft into the airways system usually named after a radio beacon with an alphanumeric suffix

[@captain-Dan]

Really enjoyed listening + watching that, thanks for uploading

[@CODgamer77X]

this isawesome mate thank you and hope you upload more from Heathrow tower in better weather....

[@RedfernModelRailway]

Wow, how do they keep control of all this!?! Great job guys!

[@ph11p3540]

+Redfern Model Railway lot's and lot's of aspirin.

[@markyyyyyyyy321]

LMAO! Yes that's a wicked job you got there, I wanted to do that when I was younger but like most young teenage lads they get distracted and focus on original ambitions is way out, but I landed my dream job in aviation and that's an Engineer at Rolls-Royce working on the Build Line & in Test Facility for the Trent 700, 900, and 1000 Engines. I'm in my 2nd tear of my Apprenticeship and at the end of my Training I'll be a qualified Aeronautical Engineer in Aircraft Power. LOVE IT:)

[@paulcopeland6539]

Air New Zealand Jumbo coming in was good . Great video.

[@moonspots01]

Heathrow is a fascinating place!

[@TheDraytonk]

My Son is the Air Traffic Controller on the video and as I work at Heathrow myself he arranged the visit for me.

[@FF35Pilot]

When he just clears startup +hold position is that if they got clearance from the Datalink system (like SAS MD-82, I think the alitalia maybe also)

[@TheDraytonk]

@18june29 QNH ...It is a pressure setting used by pilots, air traffic control (ATC) it will give you your altitude above mean sea level in your area

[@FF35Pilot]

@joemaddock16 I think so Apparently it stops planes still starting up on the taxiways - so they're ready for taxi ASAP to prevent traffic jams. So I assume they detach all the jetways and baggage carts go away, start up (they have been approved) then go to ground for pushback/taxi

[@FeroX113]

Or millibars. Depends on where you are. The definition of QNH is the pressure by the surface of the sea; hence it will give pilots the altitude AMSL (Above Mean Sea Level). But you are correct; hecto-Pascal is used in most of the countries using QNH-settings.

[@CODgamer77X]

THIS IS AMAZING THANKS MATE .....LOVE IT i WOULD LOVE TO BE THERE AS WELL ....

[@CBT19601]

I LOVE it! The whole thing! NICELY DONE and THANKS!

[@easyfly2001]

nope. in LHR the phrase ''start up approved'' has the meaning that the flight flight plan is now active.Engines start up are approved only during push back

[@JmackDaddyFunk]

@13jam100 Speedbird is the call sign for all British Airway international flights. All BA domestic flights go by the call sign "Shuttle".

[@airbxnee]

Awesome video xD I went up there in May 2010 part of Year 10 work experience.. its abit like WOW when you get out of the lift its just glass around you lol. Shame about the weather as the view is even better on a clearer day. I thought wasn't allowed to upload video from there?

[@TheDraytonk]

@ALB437 Visitors are allowed but due to the workload of the controllers I suspect that they don't like to take too many people.

[@cansw81]

That Air New Zealand B747-400; great capture!

[@MalindaRajapakse]

oh boy this is great! Wish I can head down there...

[@iaexo]

Always found the call to delivery with aircraft type and QNH in the UK a bit cumbersome, but I suppose there were some incidents in the past that mandated it

[@airbxnee]

Speedbird is the British Airways Callsign. Shuttle is British Airways also for Domestic flights.

[@dehancilliers5818]

Them A340's :D who can't love it !

[@London1064]

Nice video. Well done Keith.

[@TheDraytonk]

The BA planes are mainly 777's, but there is on 767. BA still have a few 767's left

[@pianothatilove]

Really good video!! Thnx a lot for the upload

[@horstinettenparty]

maybe because of gate reassignment(s) - e.g. after a night-stop or unexpected changes in flights (diversion, cancellation, ...)

[@Ranciid69]

@JaCkErS59 That's British Airways. 'Shuttle' is their domestic services. (Flights to Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh etc)

[@windows7rocks1]

it's from the old BOAC days, they used the callsign as they had the fastest aircraft at the time.

[@thle78]

Very nice video, thank you very much

[@airbxnee]

@aryadoroudian No by the looks he was there around 10-12pm. Got that by the QF and SIA A388 which both Depart around 11-12pm. :) The ATC is just added I believe and is not the same time as the video was shot

[@sbentjies]

So what usually causes departure/arrival delays, other than weather. Obviously IMC is not an issue for the heavies

[@slobodanpavlovic6512]

QNH, altitude above mean sea level/pressure on the airport, used in dep/app until transition altitute

[@TheDraytonk]

Jamie, He needed a few A levels, but I'm not sure how many though. And a hard couple of years training too!

[@bruzny]

Keeep doing this... This is really nice !

[@sparkyuiop]

@TheDraytonk This is what I love about You Tube. How else would I ever get to experience that? Great video, thanx.

[@beasttrio4007]

magandang kuha ah !!!!!!!!!!!nice

[@rmachayes]

For the ATC's sake, I hope this video was compressed in time, otherwise he earned every pence of his salary that evening! Thanks for the excellent presentation. Good work.

[@teenaviator4685]

@robert4810 I think Delivery said, "It's the same thing," because another pilot said, "Who invented the compass?" lol

[@TheDraytonk]

I work at Heathrow and I am lucky enough to have my son working in the tower

[@CarmeloFalzon]

Hi Excellent Video..

[@zxzv1]

LHR looks busy ! already operating close to 98% capacity. Heard that London mayor, Boris proposed to build a brand new airport @ Thames Estuary i.e with rail, subway links, 4 runways, etc. Hope it comes up soon. coz. already the hardly any breathing space bet flights.

[@faz4321]

Great video, thank you so much for sharing. It must be fun being able to visit the heathrow control tower. Btw is Emirates 4 is an A380?

[@AirportfreakYolasite]

great stuff,liked,subscribed.keep em coming

[@hawkeye0248]

I like these tower view videos - something new.

[@LacoteCohen]

The A340-600 is long and beautiful!

[@michaeldavies9600]

great video i loved watching that thank you :)

[@Zone5Aviation]

You're robably right there. The runways at Heathrow run East West anyway so I don't see where the confusion would have come from. Unless of course routes that day were being directed South prior to turning East or West. Oh well.

[@airbxnee]

@ALB437 You haven't got to be dead quiet up there.. You're not allowed on the level where the ATC guys are anyway. When I went up there got a tour from someone at NATS, very friendly!

[@dehancilliers5818]

Nice vid, very busy airport :O

[@joemaddock16]

@FF35Pilot you seem to know quite a bit about aviation, at the very start, it focuses on 4 planes, two of which are British airways. Are they both Boeing 777s or are they 767s? I'm guessing they are 777s because I've never seen a 767 for BA...

[@emiratesgoer]

Amazing video, great stuff :)

[@FF35Pilot]

AAL and BAW are partner airlines - lots of codeshares so yeh I guess it is like a mini hub.(the odd AALs can be seen at Terminal 5)

[@windows7rocks1]

Not necessarily for first class. On A380s they can load/unload both decks at once, on other planes passengers might be sent through both dependant on the seating configuration of the plane.

[@Daz85UK]

@BritishArrow - The pilot was trying to be clever. A CPT departure goes west but its a South turn out from Heathrow therefore its still considered a Southbound Departure.

[@alberttky]

Quick question - When ATC say "Start approved, hold position", does that mean pushback is approved?? Or the aircraft are starting engines in their respecting parking bays?

[@cw_uk]

since when was south, west? heheheh I know its probably the same departure, but the pilot didn't :)

[@domeniconebbia1521]

that's great! hope you're gonna make other videos like this one!!!

[@matingarastudios]

yeah! that had me chuckling!!! thanks for the transcript!

[@markyyyyyyyy321]

So please tell me the complete & correct explanation.

[@timmusumba5846]

Good experience to feel how things work from the ATC itself!How were you allowed there to film in the first place?

[@joemaddock16]

What about start approved, hold position? Would that not mean that you can start the engines but you have to wait for the push?

[@steven8hamilton]

American Airlines seems to have quite a strong position at LHR is it a semi hub or focus city???

[@headhunterke]

"Cleared to Brussels", sweet, means I've been handling the flight at the arrival :D

[@ObsidianParis]

Also, "QNH" is not an abbreviation: it's part of the Q code which is used since the early ages of radio, with the letter Q standing for "question". It's a set a frequently asked questions shortened in a three-letter code, which was especially useful when using morse code. Their definitions remained until now.

[@diablovt108vt109]

Do you have any opinion on the UBCD396XT both in terms of for air scanning, and in general? I am pondering on buying one as my first scanner.

[@ahm_767]

I love how the South African A340 pilot says his call-sign :D

[@FF35Pilot]

@Byron10301 or the Qatar is a different variant - A342 is short, A346 is very long (I think longest in world)

[@wazzawazza73]

Love the Springbok!

[@chrisdonnelly9607]

Springbak 221 lol. Is the South African taking the hand out of the controller?

[@TENERIFESPOTTER]

Very nice video!!

[@windows7rocks1]

you probably wouldn't be impressed at any location. These are all very quiet locations (apart from ATC but that is just because the aircon is noisy!) where not much happens that you can get excited about.

[@EnthusiasticCoder]

Is the radio reception from the Tower it self or from a small radio? [it's just reception is weak on some planes.]

[@nenblom]

How many planes take off and land from Heathrow a day?

[@iranair777]

'Who invented the compass?' Classic XD what was the response? anyone hear it? Do more of these videos! Very interesting :)

[@elangovanrajavelu8242]

simply superb

[@AnnetteICBrady]

Can we visit ATC Heathrow???

[@yamaotostrike]

OH my gosh. How you get onto heathrow tower? on the website? i got the blasted iphone app. :(

[@JacobEvans2]

In the USA ATC say 'point xxx' instead of 'decimal xxx' is there any specific reason for that?

[@craig1231]

@TheDraytonk Is that your son on the delivery frequency?

[@SteU4IA]

@BritishArrow i think ATC said.. "that's the same thing"? lol

[@eaglebyrnes8]

how exactly does one become an air traffic controller? I've seriously considered it as a career

[@interspace11]

@eaglebyrnes8 I suggest you do training with NATS if your in the UK. They only hire 4 times a year so check their website. Also it takes about 3 years to become an air traffic controller and you must work where they tell you to. GOOD LUCK

[@JonteKrok]

wow.. Thai 747 looks pretty small next to Virgin A346 =)