Looks like this morning's synchronized @British_Airways @VirginAtlantic takeoff from @HeathrowAirport went as expected. Really great stuff!

This air-to-air-to-air shot comes from @SkyNews.
Here's a great post from @NATS on the technical side of how this synchronized departure worked since it isn't something that's typically possible at Heathrow.

nats.aero/blog/2021/11/3…
The BA and VS A350s took different routes across the Atlantic, but are due in to @JFKairport within a few minutes of each other.

We'll see if @FAANews can work some magic for a simultaneous arrival in a few hours. flightradar24.com/multiview/29c9…
At this point it looks like @VirginAtlantic will arrive at @JFKairport just ahead of @British_Airways.

This isn't a race, and everybody is a winner. But a simultaneous arrival would have been awesome.
Ok so maybe it IS a race and there IS a winner? Some spicy behind the scenes info from the US side of the Atlantic.

And @VirginAtlantic has w̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶a̶c̶e̶ arrived into @JFKairport first!

@British_Airways is still about 10+ minutes out.
Speedbird 1 has arrived at @JFKairport!

With that arrival, I honestly don't know when we'll ever see a real resumption of the Speedbird 1 flight number. What flight or aircraft will ever be special enough to use it again?

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