REVISITED: British Airways 777 Barbados takeoff to London Gatwick

This was an opportunity to remake my original video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0vfRtJNG08

in full HD. The video culminates in the takeoff and climb out over the Atlantic of the BA2154 service from Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados.

The video opens with a view of the Airport forecourt . Please be aware there is no sound for the first 51 seconds of the video - I have intentionally muted the sound during the first 2 segments due to the wind noise.

This time around I tried out the BA premium check-in & lounge in the IAM Jet Centre, which is a short distance away from the main terminal building.

The next scene shows the short drive from the Jet Centre to the steps of the aircraft towards the end of boarding.

The aircraft is a Boeing 777-236 powered by General Electric GE90-85B turbo-fan engines. Its registration is G-VIIA.

I used a Panasonic HDC-HS300 3ccd semi-pro camcorder to record the takeoff scene. All other scenes were recorded with a Lumix TZ10. The HS300 did a very good job of capturing the takeoff. One thing I woud do differently next time around is to use a circular polarizing filter to reduce the glare of the sunlight after the turn At this time of year (October) the position of the sun means that the island is in silhouette after the turn as we fly into the beginnings of a beautiful sunset.

If you wish to see a slightly higher quality version of the takeoff scene then please view:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWUp2LD53YY

Hope you enjoy! It was nice to hear the whine of the GE90 engines again.

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[bmemodels07]

Great video!! That must have been awful having to pass the Virgin Atlantic to board the BA... haha ;)

[2pb]

@bmemodels07 Not if you're flying First :)

[googleog]

Lovely Video~~~ Enjoyed it!

[2pb]

@googleog Thank you.

[tiraccoon75]

MAGNIFIQUE!!!!

[moore4772]

Beautiful



[dcokerart1228]

Wonderful takeoff and really great sound on this one, bravo!

[KusadasiDuo]

@bmemodels07 The 777 is a much more comfortable Airliner the 747! Great vid!

[USARMz]

interesting there were 2 BA planes there at one time

[rachaelmatt]

@joshun28 Well a 777 and an A380 get from Dubai to London with only about 10mins difference! I flew from Heathrow to Maldives on an A340 and back on an A330 the flying time was near enough the same! So whatever, Im really not that bothered :/

[joshun28]

@rachaelmatt i had to look this up because i think ur completely wrong...

A340-200 - Max cruising speed 914km/h

A330-200 - Max cruising speed 880km/h

A380-800 - Max cruising speed M 0.88 which is over 1000km/h

So from ur point of view an A380 would not be able to go faster than an A330?