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Forums | 2. Civil Aviation | Airlines and Airplanes | Help wanted finding a serial number

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Andy White Contributors Add As Buddy Posts: 121 Location: Bristol UK Occupation: Bit of everything. Age:	#2636 12-02-2004 GMT-5 hours
	Hi all Can anybody help me in finding the serial number of a plane I flew in? The Flight was from London LHR to New York JFK on 02/May/2000 in a Virgin Atlantic A340, flight 25. I now fancy doing a model of a Virgin A340 and would like to do the aircraft I flew in. Any ideas, websites etc? Thanks Andy

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Andrew Upper Deck Member Add As Buddy Posts: 608 Location: Toronto Occupation: Corporate pilot Age: 47	#2645 12-02-2004 GMT-5 hours
	Andy, I went to Virgin Atlantic's website and got an email address off the site for amodel inquirey I had. You can email in your inquirey. You will probably get a reply although it may take time. Andrew CYYZ

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Andy White Contributors Add As Buddy Posts: 121 Location: Bristol UK Occupation: Bit of everything. Age:	#2669 12-05-2004 GMT-5 hours
	Andrew Thanks, I'll try and see what happens. Perhaps you know being a pilot, do airlines keep accurate records going back a long time of what planes did what? best wishes Andy

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Andrew Upper Deck Member Add As Buddy Posts: 608 Location: Toronto Occupation: Corporate pilot Age: 47	#2671 12-05-2004 GMT-5 hours
	Andy, Yes records are kept of every flight completed is recorded in a journey log. These are kept stored by the airlines to meet local regulations. Usually all the data is also kept in a computer storage facility or on some sort of storage device like a disc. Andrew CYYZ

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Super VC 10 Members Add As Buddy Posts: 240 Location: Dublin Occupation: IT Age: 51	#2722 12-09-2004 GMT-5 hours
	Hi, It was G-VSKY , departed at 1948Z Cheers, Andrew Have a look at my aviation photos here!

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Andy White Contributors Add As Buddy Posts: 121 Location: Bristol UK Occupation: Bit of everything. Age:	#2731 12-10-2004 GMT-5 hours
	Hi Andrew I'm gobbsmacked! Hadn't even yet got round to e-mailing Virgin. Assuming you have a very special crystal ball or access to one, can you give me details for the return flight; A340 07/May/2000 JFK-LHR Flight 10. The flight out was better, very empty plane lots of good service from flight attendants & lots of free Baileys. Flight back was packed and not so fun. Also, I don't know whether both a/c were painted in the new livery. I think the transformation was going on at the time. Thanks very much for your help. Best wishes Andy

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Super VC 10 Members Add As Buddy Posts: 240 Location: Dublin Occupation: IT Age: 51	#2732 12-10-2004 GMT-5 hours
	Hi, Your return flight, assuming you arrived on British soil on the 8th, would have been on G-VFAR, arriving LHR at 1021Z. Cheers, Andrew Have a look at my aviation photos here!

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Super VC 10 Members Add As Buddy Posts: 240 Location: Dublin Occupation: IT Age: 51	#2733 12-10-2004 GMT-5 hours
	Just noticed something... all the contributors to this thread are Andrews or Andys.....bizarre, eh? By the way, flight info was resourced from.... http://www.lhr-lgw.co.uk/maingroup/heathrowarchives.htm Cheers, Andrew (Andy)!! Have a look at my aviation photos here!

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