It is. When the Airbus A380 made its first flight into Heathrow the pilot's name was... ED STRONGMAN.
Thought of that, could be. Thought it might be a delivery flight but the plane is 2yrs 6 mth old, I did look at the maximum range with just fuel & still well short. Wonder if it stopped off a Reykjavik to refuel.
Some interesting flight radar images of Ukrainian airspace. USAF x2 and big empty piece of air over Central and Eastern Ukraine…
I think loads of us do it. Them Emirates planes fly very low over Barnsley on their way to Manchester