Virgin aircraft rotation from Manchester.

Todays flight was G-VROM with Nova inflight entertainment, she has been on the route for 10 days now so I predict (based on past rotations) she will change in day or 2, so watch this space it will be one of these.........

G-VLIP Hotlips (Nova)
G-VROM Barberella (Nova)
G-VROY Pretty Woman (Nova)
G-VROS English Rose (Nova)
G-VGAL Jersey Girl (Nova)
G-VAST Ladybird (Odyssey)
G-VTOP Virginia Plain (Odyssey)
G-VXLG Ruby Tuesday (Odyssey)

For your info........

NOVA
During the summer of 2001 Virgin took delivery of five 747-400 aircraft (the cancelled Alitalia order), these were fitted with an Inflight Entertainment system new to Virgin Atlantic supplied by Thales. The new product, called 'Nova' has 8 channels of seat back entertainment consisting of:
Movie channels
2 kids channels (featuring a combination of movies and tv programming)
1 TV channel which works on a cycle basis showing a selection of current TV programming
14 audio channels ranging from soul to Classical music
Moving Skymap display which plots the aircraft's flight path
Bulkhead Telephone
The Nova system is on a selection of LGW 747-400. As these aircraft have Suite fit-outs, they get 'Super Nova' (an enhanced version of Nova, but it still ain't V:Port).
Registration Aircraft Name
G-VGAL 747-443 Jersey Girl
G-VLIP 747-443 Hot Lips
G-VROM 747-443 Barbarella
G-VROS 747-443 English Rose
G-VROY 747-443 Pretty Woman

Odyssey is also a popular system, fitted on aircraft delivered between 1997 & 2002. It offers 10 movie channels, 8 TV channels, 2 kids channels, 14 audio channels and 35 Nintendo games.
Registration Aircraft Name
G-VAST Ladybird
G-VTOP Virginia Plain
G-VXLG Ruby Tuesday (Odyssey)

Happy Flying
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[millie]

We had Engligh Rose on the way out to Florida and Ladybird on the way back! As i don't sleep the nintendo games kept me occupied for a bit on the way home! Would be good to have a choice of movies and when they start as if you miss the beginning or have a child and can't watch it all the way thorugh a stop and play button would be bliss!

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by millie
We had Engligh Rose on the way out to Florida and Ladybird on the way back! As i don't sleep the nintendo games kept me occupied for a bit on the way home! Would be good to have a choice of movies and when they start as if you miss the beginning or have a child and can't watch it all the way thorugh a stop and play button would be bliss!


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Millie was that from Gatwick or Manchester?? How was the flight?[msnsmile2]

[millie]

It was from manchester. The flight was excellent - early both ways. I find Virgin service really good and think it is worth paying for.

The only problem we had is when it came time to get the meals. We pre-ordered a childs meal for my daughter who is 3 months before and checked it prior to flying. But no meal came for her. When i asked about it i was told i could not have ordered one. This made me quite angry as i knew i had and they had obviously gave it to someone else who had not ordered one. They said it was basically the same as an adults meal which it is not! Then when the snacks came round there was one for my daughter with her seat number and name on it. So obviously I had booked one or else they would not have known those details.

It annoys me that people don't order and just take someone else's and that virgin staff just gave it away without checking. I am sure that for a ten year old an adult meal would be ok but not for a 3 year old who can see the kids around her with cookies, raisens and childrens juice etc and she has a salad, fish and crackers with cheese!!!!!!

That was the only thing though. I enjoyed the flights much more than usual. I am very tall and never sleep so coming home especially can be a pain.

[ravtino]

We came out on pretty woman and my son missed the games some of the screens did not work, and the flight map was definatley on the wrong path!!

It was still G-VROM Barberella (Nova) yesterday, she been on the route for 12 days now so we should see a change any day now[msnwink]

I can see her land from my family room this morning but won't be able see the reg[msnwink] She is due in at 0710 15 mins early!

I know I am sad[msnsmile2]

OMG! I was just watching the Virgin coming in to land and she did a very late aborted landing banking hard left (unusual type of aborted take off normally go straight) and power full on whilst bringing the wheels up - spectacular sight but I bet all the passengers were pooing themselves!![msnscared]

She has landed, second attempt, safe and sound[msnsmile]

Is strange we see so many more 'go arounds' since the second runway has been build because departing aircraft have to cross the 'live' runway being used for landings, unless they are completely clear of the runway the landing aircraft will have to abort the landing and go around. [msnwink]

[LiesaAnna]

we watched mustve been an aborted landing once at Gatwick it was terrible we went up to watch to get youngest used to the noise before we ever went on a plane with the kids, it was just coming in when we saw another plane about to take off!!! they had to climb and turn very sharply!!! amazing to watch, and hats off to the pilots avoiding disaster!!!!
apparently it happens all the time!!!

Yes it does, we see a lot of them but what was unusual was the banking hard to the left[msnwink]

I will tap into my sources and find out what the problem was[msnwink]