Saw it flying over London on its way to Heathrow, this lunchtime. It looked
massive.

Out of interest, it was a pretty windy day here today with some big gusts,
here is the METAR for late this afternoon, reflecting how its been all day.
METAR COR EGLL 181950Z 22016KT 9999 FEW024 SCT035 13/08 Q1004 TEMPO
22018G30KT=

The plane landed on 27L and planted the port wheels down first.

I happen to be at Heathrow in the morning on my way to Glasgow on the red
eye so I might get to see the thing take off as I pass by.

"Kingfish" wrote in message
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The one thing that caught my attention (okay, TWO things) besides how
solidly the pilot plunked the plane onto the runway (evidenced by wing
flexing) was that only the inboard engines have thrust reversers. I'd
assumed all four did, as any aircraft that heavy would probably need
lotsa help slowing down during the rollout.

MSN video link he

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12851908/?GT1=8199