ParaLLel Landing at EGLL!

[EHM-1821 Javier]

I flew with Matt from EICK Cork to London Heathrow yesterday, we did a reaaallllyyy close parallel landing!!

Turning onto finals


Parallel Finals!




Landed


Parking and Engine Shutdown


;D;D Comments Welcome, waiting for Matt's pics

[EHM-1798 Conrad]

Lol nice, make sure you sneak them in while ATC isnt online.... (Prohibited at heathrow )

[EHM-1883 Matt]

Here's my pics!

Looking at Javier through the window:


On Finals. I had to do a hard turn to end up on finals, and I made it too short, so I was too far to the left, but I got lined up alright for landing:


A good view of us lining up. We were a bit out of sync, but somehow, it worked!


Me slowing down after landing, and Javier Flaring. Shame I was a bit quicker, but very near perfect parallel!


At the gate, letting the terrified passengers off. Well, they wanted to fly with EuroBusiness!


This was one of the most fun flights I've had in a long time! Thanks to Javier for letting me fly with him on this flight, Congrats to Javier for making this Parallel landing with me, and I'll keep that advice Conrad!

Comments appreciated as always!;D

[EHM-1358 Tim]

Originally posted by EHM-1798 Conrad
(Prohibited at heathrow )

Unless its Concorde's last flight!

[EHM-1612 Paolo]

Matt beat Javier on final! lol
That's so cool, does anybody know a airport with two closer parallel rwys???

[EHM-1657 Jay]

Cool stuff !!

[EHM-1500 Jim]

Nice work guys....Jonathan "Razza" and i have had a couple of parallel landings on IVAO with active ATC....problem is i caqnt for the life of me remeber where it was!! I think it was either Brussels or Frankfurt??
Real nice to do it officially with ATC guiding us both in simultaneously...he managed to time it perfectly so we both touched down at the same second - great fun.
Nice shots anyway guys....
Jim

[EHM-1798 Conrad]

Originally posted by EHM-1612 Paolo
Matt beat Javier on final! lol
That's so cool, does anybody know a airport with two closer parallel rwys???

Manchester - EGCC
Gatwick - EGKK (suicide for parrallel)

[EHM-1883 Matt]

Gatwick would be the best!! Only problem is, the runways start and end at different points.

A good airport to try is MMMX. The runways there are perfectly parallel, and just as suicidal as EGKK.

[EHM-1617 Iain]

Parallel landings are prohibited at LL, while simulatanous approaches aren't all the time (usually, one runway is solely departures and the other is solely arrivals).

There is a procedure called TEAM (Tactically Enhanced Arrival Method). Essentially, between certain hours in the morning, if the inbound delay exceeds a certain time (20 minutes I think) then up to six per hour can be landed on the departure runway. These six are carefull chosen to have the best positive effect on the delay - i.e. aircraft bound for T4 will land on the southern runway while the rest of the traffic lands on the northern runway.

Unfortunately, the runways are too close to each other to allow for parallel approaches (FS9 ATC hasn't figured that out though), so traffic approaching the departure runway must be fitted into the sequence as if it were approaching the normal runway.

Would love to try a parallel approach at KK!