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Aircraft
G-VBOW
Common
- Mode S hex
- 407131
- Type
- Boeing 787-9B789
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Company
- Serial number
- 37978
- Year built
- 20179 years oldYear announced by the registry: 2017. Yet the aircraft was already captured in 2016, before its supposed build: an unreliable year, dropped from the oldest/newest rankings.
- Operator
- Virgin Atlantic Airways (VIR)
- Country of registration
- Royaume-UniICAO address allocated by United Kingdom, aircraft registered in Royaume-Uni.
- First contact
- 12 Jul 2016, 11:52
- Last contact
- 24 Sept 2026, 14:33
- Logged visits
- 404
The station's story
- Cumulative contact time
- 128 h
- Distinct days
- 379
- Highest captured altitude
- 43,000 ft
- Discovery rank
- #15,272 of 60,088
- Longest contact
- 0 h 37 min
- Contacts on this Mode S address
- 413 contacts on the address, 404 under this registration: the address has carried several identities over time.
Observed callsigns
VIR (383 contacts, 2017-2026)
Operator as per the registry of 21 Sept 2026; observed callsigns are the freshest measurement.
Visits
| Callsign | Route | First contact | Last contact | Altitude at end of contact | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 7 Apr 2017, 22:217 Apr 2017 | 7 Apr 2017, 22:34 | 32,975 ft | 433 |
| VIR300K | EGLL > VIDP | 6 Apr 2017, 00:026 Apr 2017 | 6 Apr 2017, 00:04 | 35,000 ft | 151 |
| VIR300K | EGLL > VIDP | 5 Apr 2017, 00:125 Apr 2017 | 5 Apr 2017, 00:13 | 37,000 ft | 43 |
| VIR300K | EGLL > VIDP | 4 Apr 2017, 00:104 Apr 2017 | 4 Apr 2017, 00:21 | 38,025 ft | 167 |
