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EHM-1798 Conrad:
Terminal 4 im guessing, thats what murray has posted in the 1st post.

EHM-1703 Philip:
Why would you want to do a LH flight to anywhere that is not Europe :P Then again, why would you wanna do a LH flight when you fly for the greatest VA in the world! LOL

EHM-2198 Didimo:
I downloaded new EGLL scenery that supposedly has T5 " in construction"  but I don't recall seeing parking gates with such numbers. Are those of the London Heathrow product sold by Aerosoft? I am considering buying it if I start flying more to/from EGLL.

Last time I landed at Heathrow I was told "park at gate XXXX" now, I had no idea where that was. To get a decent readable printout of London Heathrow parking and taxiways you need a whole wall. I printed it on A4 and with that poor choice of colours (from the real GB AIP site) and the extremely tiny letters it was totally useless to have that aerodrome chart for finding your way out of it.

So far I park as closely as possible to my expected departure runway taking into consideration the a/c size (small/medium/large)

EHM-1703 Philip:
Didimo,

Real pilots don't seem to have any problems with the charts as there are almost 500,000 movements a year on the ground most of which use the AIP product or Jeppeson Jeppview which are essentially the same! (but they are just black and white charts) I personally also have no problems with them but hey, everyone is different! Remember also that a lot of airline pilots use EFB equipment that displays these charts in the cockpit.

Parking at Heathrow is fairly straightforward.... Gate 1xx is terminal 1, Gate 2xx is terminal 2, Gate 3xx is terminal 3, Gate 4xx is terminal 4 and gate 5xx is terminal 5.... Gate 6xx are cargo ramps at the world cargo center. (shown on the Terminal 4 parking chart)

As a EuroHarmony Pilot you should request terminal 4 (long haul) or terminal 2 (short/medium haul) so you should only have to be concerned
with:

Aerodrome Chart - ICAO - For general overview of the airport.
Aircraft Ground Movement/ All Taxiways Chart - ICAO - For taxiway assignments and directions.
Aircraft Ground Movement/Parking/Docking - Terminal 2 Chart - ICAO - Terminal 2 parking chart
Aircraft Ground Movement/Parking/Docking - Terminal 4 Chart - ICAO - Terminal 4 parking chart

Of course, it always good to have parking charts for the entire airport and you will also need Runway holding charts and the other standard SID/STAR & ILS charts. You have to remember, Heathrow is the worlds busiest International airport, pilots don't just get to fly in and pick a spot, although many do on VATSIM and IVAO, it does take some practice to find your way around.

As for scenery, AEROSOFT Mega Airport Heathrow is currently the most up to date and the one that shows a completed T5 with all parking, Heathrow Pro from Gary Summons will not be updated and only shows a partially completed T5 and a trial download is available that places a large banner on the runways to try and get you to buy the final product. He is working on a New Heathrow Extreme product but I expect that is still a few months away. There is not really a decent freeware Heathrow scenery that is up to date.

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