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Boeing727 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 934 posts, RR: 0
Posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 8 hours ago) and read 6785 times:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N...A/history/20070113/1941Z/CYUL/CYUL

Intersting, anybody knows if this aircraft testing or crew training...????

Boeing727

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BigGSFO From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 2755 posts, RR: 7
Reply 1, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 7 hours ago) and read 6629 times:

A very visual yet poetic display of the genesis of Virgin America all summed up into one flight. Bravo.
Big grin

LawnDart From United States of America, joined May 2005, 968 posts, RR: 4
Reply 2, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 7 hours ago) and read 6613 times:

Quoting Boeing727 (Thread starter):
...Virgin America Going In Circles...

Quoting BigGSFO (Reply 1):
A very visual yet poetic display of the genesis of Virgin America all summed up into one flight.

As in "down the drain"?

BMIFlyer From UK - England, joined Feb 2004, 8810 posts, RR: 62
Reply 3, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 5 hours ago) and read 6460 times:

Wow, what a route Wink

Lee

Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own

Luv2fly From United States of America, joined May 2003, 11957 posts, RR: 51
Reply 4, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 5 hours ago) and read 6415 times:

Quoting LawnDart (Reply 2):
As in "down the drain"?

My thoughts as well.

You can cut the irony with a knife

D L X From United States of America, joined May 1999, 10554 posts, RR: 53
Reply 5, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 4 hours ago) and read 6286 times:

Quote:
At least part of this flight occurs outside of FlightAware's service area. Information on this page may be unreliable.

77411 From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 152 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 2 hours ago) and read 6108 times:

Quoting LawnDart (Reply 2):
As in "down the drain"?

Agreed. But I would lean more towards VS's current status as circling the drain.

Hiflyer From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 2118 posts, RR: 4
Reply 7, posted (6 years 4 months 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 5907 times:

Flt planned only to 16 thousand per flt aware...I would suggest control surface testing. Is this one still painted VA or is it one now being subleased out?

Whpbur From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 30 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (6 years 4 months 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 5534 times:

Is Virgin America the same as Skybus?

Ciccone From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 42 posts, RR: 2
Reply 9, posted (6 years 4 months 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 5497 times:

Quoting Whpbur (Reply 8):
Is Virgin America the same as Skybus?

No!

http://www.skybus.com/

http://www.virginamerica.com/

[Edited 2007-01-14 08:52:36]

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EvilForce From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 10, posted (6 years 4 months 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 5474 times:

Quoting Whpbur (Reply 8):
Is Virgin America the same as Skybus?

If by that you mean that they both haven't gotten off the ground, probably never will, and have a shakey business plan, then yes. duck

LOL

AS739X From United States of America, joined Apr 2003, 5818 posts, RR: 23
Reply 11, posted (6 years 4 months 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 5366 times:

Damn....Im dizzy looking at it.

ASLAX

"Some pilots avoid storm cells and some play connect the dots!"

Aviacentre From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 121 posts, RR: 0
Reply 12, posted (6 years 4 months 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 5171 times:

The uppermost part of the route must have been one hell of a sharp turn!

Proud Graduate of UND Aerospace

AvroArrow From Canada, joined Sep 2001, 1039 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (6 years 4 months 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 3979 times:

Maybe they were up trying some extreme aerobatics in the hopes that they'd write off the airframe and get the insurance $$. Big grin

JK of course

Give me a mile of road and I can take you a mile. Give me a mile of runway and I can show you the world.

Flyorski From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 978 posts, RR: 1
Reply 14, posted (6 years 4 months 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 2167 times:

There was an article on this kind of a thing earlier, try a search.

VS needs to do certain tests for DOT to get a licence, etc.....

"None are more hopelessly enslaved, than those who falsly believe they are free" -Goethe

FL370 From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 252 posts, RR: 0
Reply 15, posted (6 years 4 months 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 1903 times:

why did virgin america get denied? thats the only part im confused about! i saw one of the planes at SFO 3 days ago.

fl370

77411 From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 152 posts, RR: 0
Reply 16, posted (6 years 4 months 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1550 times:

Quoting FL370 (Reply 15):
why did virgin america get denied? thats the only part im confused about! i saw one of the planes at SFO 3 days ago.

For trying to bend the rules regarding foreign ownership.

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