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Contact

VIR478

G-VBOWB789Virgin Atlantic AirwaysConfirmed contact

Date
2 Nov 2026
Entry
00:26:06
Exit
00:38:10
Duration
12 min 4 s
Received positions
996
Route resolution
From the callsign, confidence 60/100Per the routes referential of 19 Apr 2026.

Contact map

00:26 · 35,000 ft · 551 kt
  • Route resolved from the callsign: London Heathrow Airport (EGLL) to Cape Town International Airport (FACT), confidence 60/100. A deduction from the reference data, never a measured path.
  • Measured track: 70 received points, joined in time order. The real captured path, never fabricated.0 ft≥ 35,000 ft

'Entry' and 'exit' mark where the station began and stopped receiving the aircraft, at the edges of the antenna's range: not where the aircraft appeared or vanished.

Flight profile

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Start and end of contact

Start
2 Nov 2026, 00:26
Altitude
34,975 ft
Ground speed
not transmitted
Vertical rate
96 ft/min
Track
0°
Squawk
6302
End
2 Nov 2026, 00:38
Altitude
35,000 ft
Ground speed
562 kt
Vertical rate
96 ft/min
Track
160.7°
Squawk
6302