Talk:Heathrow Airport/Archive 1

message: An anon added "Original name was in fact Heath Row.". I removed this as I can't verify it. I added instead that it might have been named after the hamlet Heath Row, but this doesn't mean it was ever called Heath Row. Angela 04:02, Sep 21, 2003 (UTC)
:I think the current wording which reads like "well it was called it because of this... or this... we don't know really" is too vague. I will see if I can pin it down further.Pete 11:11, 21 Sep 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the very odd suggestion that the airport might have been named after some guy called Heath (a not uncommon name). The link given at the end of this para itself states "The statement in Londoner's Diary claiming that Heathrow Airport is named after Judge John Heath is incorrect. Heathrow Airport derives its name from a hamlet called Heath Row, which was obliterated during the construction of the airport. The hamlet of Heath Row was on the western part of Hounslow Heath and lay along a road that ran in a southerly direction from near the Magpies Inn on the bath Road at Sipson in the Parish of Harmondsworth. The name "Heath Row" can be found on maps and documents going back several hundred years, long before Judge Heath was born." Shantavira 08:16, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Heath Row - named after... 

message: Does anyone have a better photo to use in the infobox? --Wangi 14:28, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah I know that photo really sucks.  Yeah I agree - one of the new control tower or T5 would be awesome.  Deano 12:33, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Deano, don't be so rude about my control tower pic. If you knew the thousands of hours I've spent adding pics on WP you wouldn't write childish words like "really sucks". Please engage brain before typing. - Adrian Pingstone 19:56, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry - I whole heartedly apologise.  Please don't take those remarks personally.  DJR (Talk) 22:56, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Deano, I am very happy to accept your apology. Best Wishes, Adrian - Adrian Pingstone 14:52, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a nice picture, but I agree that it doesn't really sum up Heathrow as a whole; most of the airport is ultramodern steel and glass, and one gets the impression that it is a 60s style brick building. If an alternative becomes available which shows the airport more as whole, I suggest it is used. --Taskforce 22:18, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree Flymeoutofhere 11:30, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Anybody have a better picture yet? Flymeoutofhere 09:28, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photograph 

message: “In terms of the annual number of statistics, Heathrow Airport is the busiest airport in the known world compared to other airports ... The airport itself covers an overall area and you only need to be driven right round it four or five times, to realise that it is, in effect, a small, self-contained city, with all the facilities and infrastructure that a modern city needs, such as an airport” - Roy Mallard 
Ian Dunster 11:39, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Memorable quote

message: I'm not very happy with the way in which destinations from Heathrow are presented.  It is taking up an awful lot of space and looks quite clumsy.  Has anyone got any better ideas?  I reckon a list on a separate page would be good.  DJR (Talk) 22:54, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  improve destinations section 

message: There was a Runway 23 listed in the infobox. Isn't there a Runway 5 connected to it (on the other end?). I have edited it, but correct it if I am wrong.--themit 03:55, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Somebody has marked the runway as closed in the infobox - if this is really the case then the info should be removed. Last I knew the runway was effectively closed due to continual NOTAMs being issued marking in out of use - but that's very different from a complete closure. /wangi 13:55, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

text: What is the status?  Just an X at either side?
I suppose it's also ok to call the proposed runway the "Third Runway" since the one in question here isn't anything like the two that are active use.  CoolGuy 14:19, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Runways 

message: Singapore Airlines is to fly the A380 into Heathrow, however according to the article Singapore Airlines will be flying from T1, how does this work if only T3 can take A380?
:I'm not sure how. I'm also thinking how they will move the lounge as it is beautifully built. I heard Heathrow just confirmed that Terminal 3 will be used by oneworld and its future members (Japan Airlines, etc) from Airlines magazine. (W.Tanoto)
:According to the BAA Heathrow Website, terminal 5 will also be able to (eventually) handle A380sDbertman 17:04, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  A380 

message: Okay, I'm sure everyone would agree we're at a bit of a deadlock here with regards to the link to the visitor section. There seem to be a number of ways forward:
#No external link
#Link to official site
#Link to milesfaster site
#If the visitor section is indeed notable then it should have a section within the article
Reverting the link on the article is no good - we need to reach some sort of common ground. So, any options on how to do that? A straw poll (Wikipedia:Current surveys, Wikipedia:Straw polls)? Wikipedia:Requests for comment? Thanks/wangi 14:16, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: happy to go along with anything that is indeed a concensus. Beit a poll or anything else. However a minimum number of users should be agreed as a requirement before the results are taken. Theres two questions here. Should the centre be linked to at all. If so which link is more useful. This could be any site, not just the two already linked in the past. However it does seem a lot of work for one simple link. Stupidcupid 15:17, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Moving forward on extlink for Heathrow Visitor Centre

message: Does anyone have more information on the proposed locations of Terminal 6 and the Third Runway?  It would be a good addition to the article.  Thanks, CoolGuy 17:51, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Remember, any info must be referenced, not rumours. /wangi 21:30, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's true.  Though rumors that come from a substantial source and that can be referenced could be ok.  Perhaps rumor is the wrong word.  If there are any government proposals, hopefully someone will provide a source.  CoolGuy 01:47, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

text: baa published their plans at the start of june 2005. Its here:
http://www.aerospacemedia.com/aero/pr/LHRInterimMasterPlan.pdf 
anyway, since terminal 6 is all conjecture currently anyway then a round up of rumours may be appropriate in the context of it definitely being an aim with the outcome unknown by anyone including BAA.  Stupidcupid
I'm sure I saw an article on the BBC that the third runway was proposed to be parallel and south of the other two. --Scott Wilson 20:00, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

text: From what I can recall, there have been two distinct suggestions for the position of third runway: either (a) a short runway south of the existing runways on land already part of Heathrow Airport, or (b) a slightly longer runway north of the A4 and M4 involving the demolition of a village. In both cases the runway would be parallel with the existing runways and would handle mainly smaller aircraft so as to make more 'large aircraft' capacity available on the current runways. The whole situation is still very much up in the air. Also, at the public hearing re Terminal 5, BAA explicitly said that they ruled out a third runway at Heathrow. Murray Langton 20:17, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terminal 6 and Third Runway 

message: While I agree that small airports such as Aberdeen don't need disambiguating, since it's pretty clear that no airlines are flying from there to New Hampshire, a major international airport such as Heathrow (as well as Gatwick) should have it. From Gatwick anyway, it's quite possible that there are charter flights to Manchester, NH, since I know there are a handful of trans-Atlantic charters from even smaller New England airports such as Portland, ME. Providence and Hartford also have some. Dbinder (talk) 11:26, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It was simply known as "London Airport" until the early 1970s. Gatwick before then was just known as "Gatwick Airport" and Stansted had only just opened as a civilian airport.  In the Seventies, Gatwick was officially associated with London to become "London Gatwick", and so to disambiguate "London Airport" became "London Heathrow".  Stansted picked up its London prefix later. BaseTurnComplete 10:52, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: MAN/MHT Disambiguation

message: Several days ago, I saw a "Mars" episode which seems to imply that in that reverted era there had been no airport named "Heathrow".
Is that accurate?  What had it been in the 1970's.  Does anyone have a list of the various names, & the variations thereof?
There is much discussion of the various names that this wikipage has used;
are there lists of that, in addition?
What names has this page used?
Thank You.
Hopiakuta 08:49, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It was simply known as "London Airport" until the early 1970s. Gatwick before then was just known as "Gatwick Airport" and Stansted had only just opened as a civilian airport.  In the Seventies, Gatwick was officially associated with London to become "London Gatwick", and so to disambiguate "London Airport" became "London Heathrow".  Stansted picked up its London prefix later. BaseTurnComplete 10:52, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[life on Mars_(TV_series)]] [[bbc]]

message: Have we got the best location for the Heathrow article?
Look at What Links Here we find articles link to "London Heathrow Airport", "Heathrow" , "Heathrow Airport" and "Heathrow airport" but NO articles link directly to this long-winded and seldom-used (though presumably the official(?)) name. How about we revert to London Heathrow Airport? Pcb21 10:01 19 May 2003 (UTC)
With the "...long-winded and seldom-used...", it does read as if some of the names would actually include some six words or so.  Please, what are they?
Hopiakuta 00:50, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Eh, what article name are you refering to when you say "but NO articles link directly to this long-winded and seldom-used (though presumably the official(?)) name"? This article is at London Heathrow Airport - that seems reasonable to me. Thanks/wangi 08:37, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article name 

message: Can someone tell me the point of having a section for where the airport was mentioned in films and television? If this was a true article of all references it would be rivalling the size of a small wiki in itself. Therefore it seems totally pointless to me and i suggest they are removed. What do we learn about Heathrow from them anyway? Thundernlightning 18:20, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  films? television?