Over London

I have flown into Heathrow from the East a few times recently in cloudless skies, for me it is one of the most amazing approaches to an airport there is and I never tire of it. The geography of London is breathtaking and from above you can see how the city had developed. The first thing you see are the 1960’s housing developments of Thamesmede, often you see this many times as you go round the holding pattern!! Once released by Air Traffic for the final approach you fly over Docklands and its impressive skyscrapers, then the tightly packed City of London followed by the Tower of London, Tower Bridge, the Houses of Parliament and London Eye. Then it’s Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park and the west end all the time getting lower and lower. Finally its over Richmond, Kew Gardens and Hampton Court palace about 60 seconds before touchdown. At night with all the lights on is it different but equally breathtaking. I can only imagine the excitement this a must bring out in tourists visiting the city for the first time.