Virgin's 1st revenue earning 787 flight, and other LGW bits

[jonf45]

Hi, Virgin commenced its commercial Boeing 787-9 flights from Gatwick with G-VNEW operating VIR 9903 to Atlanta yesterday, although it was press and celebs apparently! .Awful weather arrived just in time, but i managed a couple shots anyway!

B787 G-VNEW London Gatwick 23.10.14 by jonf45 - 1 million views-Thank you, on Flickr

B787 G-VNEW London Gatwick 23.10.14-1 by jonf45 - 1 million views-Thank you, on Flickr

A couple other nice bits about too:

ERJ-190 G-NSEY London Gatwick 23.10.14 by jonf45 - 1 million views-Thank you, on Flickr

B787 G-TUIF London Gatwick 23.10.14-1 by jonf45 - 1 million views-Thank you, on Flickr

A310 C-GTSW London Gatwick 23.10.14-1 by jonf45 - 1 million views-Thank you, on Flickr

B737 EI-IGU London Gatwick 23.10.14 by jonf45 - 1 million views-Thank you, on Flickr

A320 LZ-MDD London Gatwick 23.10.14 by jonf45 - 1 million views-Thank you, on Flickr

A320 F-HBSA London Gatwick 23.10.14-1 by jonf45 - 1 million views-Thank you, on Flickr

B787 G-TUIA London Gatwick 23.10.14-5 by jonf45 - 1 million views-Thank you, on Flickr

B737 UR-PSF London Gatwick 23.10.14 by jonf45 - 1 million views-Thank you, on Flickr

Hope theyre of interest, loads more in my flickr site

cheers

jon

Edited October 25, 2014 by jonf45

[stringbag]

Nice pictures Jon. That Dreamliner certainly looks so much better as a -900. Better than the A350 in my opinion.

Thanks for posting.

Chris.

[MikeW]

Is it just the light, or did Richard Branson somehow get his cockpit glass tinted to match the livery? Looks good though.

Thanks for the pics.

Cheers,

Mike

[jonf45]

Thanks guys

Nice pictures Jon. That Dreamliner certainly looks so much better as a -900. Better than the A350 in my opinion.

Thanks for posting.

Chris.

Not seen the A350 in the flesh yet, but i think i like the wing design of the 787 better yet like the look of the front of the A350 better!

Is it just the light, or did Richard Branson somehow get his cockpit glass tinted to match the livery? Looks good though.

Thanks for the pics.

Cheers,

Mike

Lol, i think it must be the light, though the Thomson one looks slightly red too!!

Jon

[HOUSTON]

Beautiful pics Jon..Thank you...

[Roo]

Thanks guys

Not seen the A350 in the flesh yet, but i think i like the wing design of the 787 better yet like the look of the front of the A350 better!

Lol, i think it must be the light, though the Thomson one looks slightly red too!!

Jon

It's the anti glare coating that most planes and even some cars have to protect the pilots eyes.

When did Aurigny upgrade their planes? They used to fly awful turboprops that used to dive into Guernsey airport. On the plus side they were the only time I'd ever flown from gate 1 and turned left when getting onto a plane (it's how you all loaded, with the luggage in the back of the plane for balance.