BA & Virgin Mark Transatlantic Restart With Dual Takeoff
Many call today a “transatlantic restart”, as the US opens its borders to vaccinated foreign arrivals. But the airlines still face obstacles. Under normal circumstances, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic don’t have the friendliest of relationships. Both have taken...
ACCIDENT: Virgin Atlantic Captain Injury From Laser
A Virgin Atlantic flight had to return back to Heathrow airport in London, after a laser attack caused the Captain to lose sight in one eye. The aircraft was a Boeing 787-9, registered G-VDIA, performing flight VS-453. This was from London Heathrow (EGLL) to Tel Aviv...
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne Reaches Orbit!
In the second time trying, Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne successfully left Earth’s cradle, and deployed nine NASA satellites. It is an impressive programme, and could have some interesting applications. And implications… These days most interesting news about 747s have...
