Virgin Atlantic 787-9 (JFK)

Virgin Atlantic 787-9 making her inaugural flight to JFK as she taxi's to her gate at Terminal 4. Unfortunately the weather didn't greet her fairly. She is one pretty Virgin :P

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Nice shots Mark, sorry about the crappy weather.

Nice job Mark the 78 looks good in that scheme


Rich B

Sweet! I love rain shots, they don't "ruin it" for me at all

Thanks gents! I was thrilled that the fog lifted and the rain stopped for a brief period within a few minutes of her arrival to the gate area.

Is this a regularly scheduled flight or a route-proving flight? If it's regular, whats the schedule?

Beautiful shots of a beautiful bird! The rain makes it unique.

This is a regular scheduled flight. The inbound flight VS3 arrives around 1230 and departs as VS4 around 1930.

Not the inaugural flight, but the next day I was able to catch the Virgin Atlantic 787-9 pushing back off the gate.

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