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Spirit of Mojave, previously Cosmic Girl is a Boeing 747-400 aircraft. A former passenger airliner operated by Virgin Atlantic, it was purchased by Virgin Galactic in 2015 to be used as the first stage launch platform (or mothership launch pad) for the air launch stage of the smallsat orbital launch vehicle, the LauncherOne.
Virgin Atlantic Flight 024 was a regularly scheduled Virgin Atlantic passenger flight from Los Angeles, California, to London, United Kingdom. On 5 November 1997, the Airbus A340 was forced to make an emergency landing at London Heathrow Airport after the left main landing gear failed to deploy.
UTA Flight 141 crashed on 25 December 2003 after overloading caused the plane to take off too slowly; it was not airborne by the end of the runway, and struck an airport structure. The Boeing 727 slid and broke into three parts, all of which plunged into the Atlantic. Of 150 passengers and 10 crew, 22 people survived.
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Virgin Atlantic also volunteered a Boeing 747 for a test of biofuels in February 2008. The aircraft flew without passengers from Heathrow to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, with 20% of the power for one engine provided by plant-based biofuel. Virgin Atlantic said that it expected to use algae-based biofuels in the future. [22]
Aerotiques' cofounder Darren Lewington said he has created pieces from the exact 747 planes that customers flew on, like the window from seat 64K.
Flight100, Virgin Atlantic’s world first 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) transatlantic flight by a commercial airline is fuelled ahead of its take off from London Heathrow to New York JFK ...
max take-off thrust Engine certified; EASA [148] [149] FAA [150] [151] A380-841 12 December 2006 Trent 970-84 Rolls-Royce: 334.29 kN / 75,152 lb 29 October 2004 4 December 2006 12 December 2006 Trent 970B-84 Rolls-Royce 348.31 kN / 78,304 lb 29 October 2004 4 December 2006 A380-842 12 December 2006 Trent 972-84 Rolls-Royce 341.41 kN / 76,752 lb