But options are now becoming interesting.

A Boeing 757-200, the largest aircraft ever to land at St Helena Airport (HLE) is now in the air (at time of writing) over Africa somewhere, on its way back to Stanstead, London, in the UK after a successful repatriation flight to the island..

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Thanks Jimmy. Such a smooth landing for this Big One. And then that last part of the descent to the concrete strip, the ‘long-legged’ 757 under-carriage touching down with a big puff of blue tyre smoke. Listening in on the airport radio chatter was fascinating again. Once the Titan Airways jet had parked up and passengers started emerging, the radio was full of chatter as the pilots and control tower discussed the training circuits that had been planned for that same day. Will be interesting to see what happens next! Best wishes from us both.

The Boeing 757-200 at 47.3m in length, was after all, much longer (by 11m) than our regular Embraer E190 at 36.24m. Things have changed a lot since we were there in 1968/69. With Marten chaperoning us again, we were able to walk slowly in a wide circle right around the aeroplane, stopping in different spots with the tripod to capture some longer exposure night shots of the scene.

Finally, smiling faces informed us the 757 was airborne and a tentative 4.35pm ETA was circulated. This leaves 44 people now serving a 14-day quarantine period at Bradley’s.

Great coverage as usual Darrin & Sharon. Stay safe over there. Kind regards

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Thanks for the comment, take care. Woohoo!

Notify me of follow-up comments by email. I wonder if we’ll ever make it back…?

St Helena Airport at sunset after receiving its largest aircraft to date. Sharon was shooting the stills with our Canon 5Dmk3; I was shooting video with the 5Dmk2.

Click our picture for more information about us. Misty clouds trapped on Diana’s Peak as the Titan Airways 757 rolls out for its first take-off of the day. The Boeing 757-200 has certainly made a good first impression, although it would have been interesting and probably more useful to see how it coped with stronger winds. Darrin and Sharon.

On the St Helena Airport viewing deck as the Avro RJ100, crawls into a parking position for the second time of the day having completed a quick circuit to demonstrate its take-off and landing … A Boeing 757-200, the largest aircraft ever to land at St Helena Airport (HLE) is now in the air (at time of writing) over Africa somewhere, on its way back to Stanstead, London, in the UK after a successful repatriation flight to the island.

Always nice to document these things so we can appreciate the how things are moving.

Security passes were quickly issued, camera bags through the scanner, Sharon required a pat-down search after setting off the metal detector, and then we were in the truck with Marten, bumping along the rough track that took us around the southern end of the runway and out to the far side of the runway.

Suddenly, after hours of just sitting around, it was all go! Returning to the Combined Building, (the one with the control tower), we could see the ground staff all wearing PPE, a sobering reminder that a terrible pandemic is still out there in the world. Please add my personal email to your list, this came through to David’s, which I will eventually delete. Great video and glad to see larger aircraft landing especially from different routes. We made our way to the airport only to learn the plane had turned back to Ascension after half an hour – another technical issue. It was a real privilege for us to be able to cover this event. Great pictures Darrin and Sharon !! We haven’t forgotten and we really do hope we can make it to visit at some point soon. Very best wishes. We ate too much!

We are husband and wife photographers, Darrin and Sharon Henry, sharing our passion for photography and story-telling.

Well done!

Today, aircraft of all shapes and sizes are able to make safe landings at the airport, thanks in part to the huge amounts of data being gathered and analyzed by the airport.

On Wednesday the Boeing 757-200 departed Stanstead and social media was immediately full of updates from people tracking the progress to Gran Canaria and then Ascension, on Flight Radar. Fees and Charges There are a number of fees and charges that relate to the landing and parking of aircraft, arrival and departure charges for passengers (automatically subsumed into the cost of the fare), and the cost of Jet A-1 fuel on St Helena. Ascension was only an hour and 40 mins or so flight away.

Pick up passengers and depart for UK. Thanks for following and supporting the posts, always good to hear from you both.

Coffee & tea provided by the airport was very welcome.

Will pass on your best to Peter & Jean Oh well, best be prepared.

Hopefully this flight could set a precedence for the future. Glad you were able to enjoy this historic moment with us. In these strangest of Covid times, with the island still blessedly virus-free and most residents generally very happy to remain isolated from the outside world, this repatriation charter flight still managed to generate a buzz of excitement and anticipation.

Always a joy to see the Island and to say ‘ I was once there’ .Twice actually – third visit curtailed by Jeannie’s heart attack.

Shots we’ve never been able to capture before.

Congratulations for the content of this Historical moment for St Helena. It was the second flight direct from the UK, albeit, with a refuelling call at Gran Canaria Airport (LPA/GCLP) and an overnight stop at Ascension Island. Titan Airways’ pilots are clearly acquiring valuable knowledge of St Helena Airport.

Or at least once normal air travel is resumed. The local radio station, Saint FM, was being relayed on the airport PA system and we could hear the presenters were doing their best to keep the public up to date with news of the flight status.

As we set up the tripods and took up positions, we all commented on how calm the conditions were. Great coverage of the event Darrin and Sharon. Fri 31 July, 2020.

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Thanks Jill Maybe your next visit might be on one of these! It really would be great to have that option. Following the addition of wider runway shoulders, extensions and turning circles, the airport now boasts a concrete runway of some 1,950 metres and a Landing Distance Available (LDA) of 1,550 metres. The exterior of the airport. Such vivid reporting. You’re welcome, thanks for the feedback Eric. The radio presenters also got the news very quickly and we could hear it being read out to the listeners. Yes, was good to see the touchdowns were smooth.

Of this number, 39 travelled all the way down from the UK and 12 boarded the plane at Ascension. All the best to Sharon’s parents, whose house we stayed in when you were overseas in 2015.

This makes a refreshing read as Melbourne continues in lockdown! This time we would be ‘airside’ at the airport, far side of the runway, looking back into the island.

The Titan Airways 757 on a planned ‘missed approach’ on runway 20. Flagstaff in the background.

Wonderful and informative coverage and beautiful and fantastic video and photos.

Fantastic, Incredible, Marvelous Job!! Well done Darren & Sharon. Because of the size thing.

Thanks Sally. Saint Helena Airport garnished a reputation as a dangerous place to land. Don’t forget you’re always welcome in Jersey! Many thanks again Sharon And Darrin. Great coverage guys and lovely pics……job well done!

By our camera time stamp, landing was at 4.23pm. Amazing to see this up close great video Sharon and photography spot on Darrin. Keep up the good work. The Boeing 757-200 followed the now familiar flight path in, past the Longwood Barn, towards the airport. Well done excellent footage so happy to see the photos and making history well done keep up the good work.

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