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Celebrating National Aviation Day

  National Aviation Day falls on the birthday of Orville Wright, who along with his brother Wilbur started it all with their historic powered flight. The inaugural of all inaugurals. President Franklin D. Roosevelt designated it a National Day in…

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Engine No. 1 on G-VBUG in the Virgin Atlantic Heathrow hangar
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How do you change an aircraft engine?
The scimitar 'sharklet' on the Airbus A350-1000
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The wonder of winglets – or what are those things on the end of the wings?
Left to right on top row are: Roger Newman, Claire Jamieson, Richard Pearce, Hayley Smith, Nicki Hawkins, Gemma Baldwin. Bottom row left to right are: Ashleigh Fisher, David Harvey, Anne Spencer-Barlow, Tom Curtis, Leanne Palmer, Andrew Haill, Pippa Tucknott
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Behind the scenes: Onboard the A350-1000 longhaul test flight
Our new Airbus A330 Upper Class cabin
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Behind the scenes: Refitting our Airbus A330 Upper Class cabin
Dreambird 1417 design
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Is it a bird, is it a plane? Virgin Atlantic harnesses “flapenergy” with new Dreambird 1417
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Our Experience

Toilet talk – facts and myths and the reason behind that noisy flush
The Northern Lights photographed from a Virgin Atlantic flight
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Photographing the Northern Lights from 35,000 feet
The Boeing 787
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Top Trumps: Boeing 787 vs English Electric Lightning
Fixing an IFE consol
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Our People

Cabin Avionics – caring for our entertainment systems