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As part of the VA's 12th anniversary celebrations, EuroBusiness pilots are invited to fly around the world stopping at airports that are linked to some of the most important or ground-breaking events in aerospace since 2001. Join us on the first leg which we begin at Bristol Filton, birthplace of British Concordes and site of the first British Concorde flight. Sadly it was also the landing site for the final flight of any Concorde on 26th November 2003. Our destination on the first leg is Toulouse Blagnac, where the super jumbo Airbus A380 took off on its maiden flight on 27th April 2005. As an aside the A380's wings are made at Filton!
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Oue second leg takes us from the birthplace of the A380 to Payerne, a military airfield in Switzerland. This was the base for the longest and highest flight so far undertaken by a purely solar powered aircraft, the Solar Impulse, from 7th to 8th July 2010. During 26 hours aloft, the Solar Impulse reached the altitude of 28,500 feet.
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We leave behind the achievements of the Solar Impulse to travel to Bournemouth on the south coast of the UK next. It was here on February 8th 2006 that the late Steve Fossett landed the Virgin GlobalFlyer after the longest nonstop aircraft flight in history. He covered 25,766 miles in 76 hours, 45 minutes and diverted to Bournemouth instead of the scheduled finish at Manston because of a generator failure but still managed to smash the previous records!
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From Steve Fossett's record breaking landing we travel on to Geneva now, where in May 2008 pilot and inventor Yves Rossy flew over the Swiss Alps reaching a top speed of 189mph using a personal jetpack which he designed and built himself.
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We leave Lake Geneva behind now and head east to Chkalovski airport, northeast of Moscow. This is the air transport hub for Star City, centre of the Russian Space Program and our visit is to mark the de-orbit of the hugely successful Mir space station on 23rd March 2001. Mir was the first modular space station and broke many records in its day, paving the way for the current International Space Station.
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We leave Star City behind and head to Dasht-e Naz airport in northern Iran. This airport is very close to the landing site of the late Angelo d'Arrigo's remarkable journey in August 2002. He flew an ultralight plane from the Siberian Arctic to the shores of the Caspian Sea, guiding a flock of Siberian cranes behind him. The cranes are critically endangered and these captive born birds have no adults to guide them on their arduous migration route so d'Arrigo decided he would guide them himself using the ultralight as a substitute adult for them to follow.
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Our celebration moves now to the USA and we begin this leg at Edwards Air Force Base, home of the Dryden Flight Research Centre which in November 2004 flew their X-43 hypersonic experimental aircraft up to a speed of Mach 9.68 or 7000 mph reaching an altitude of 112,000 feet. From such dizzy heights, we return to earth to celebrate the rollout ceremony for the latest big airliner, the Boeing 787 at their Everett site next to Paine Field airport on 8th July 2007.
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We leave Boeing's assembly line behind and fly south to New Mexico where on 14th October 2012 Felix Baumgartner set off from Roswell International and ascended using a helium balloon lifted capsule 24 miles up into the stratosphere before free falling back to earth in a pressure suit. On his way down he broke the sound barrier, reaching Mach 1.25 and he also set a new world record for skydiving. His flight was on the 65th anniversary of Chuck Yeager's successful bid to break the sound barrier in the Bell X-1.
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We leave Roswell behind and head northeast to New York City. LaGuardia airport was the origin of the miraculous US Airways Flight 1549 which on January 15th 2009 suffered a double birdstrike and consequent total engine failure about 3 minutes into the flight. The flightcrew were able to skilfully avoid disaster by ditching the Airbus A320 in the Hudson River with no loss of life.
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Our final Mission marks another "end of an era" moment in the aerospace field with the retirement of the Space Shuttle. On July 21st 2011 the final Space Shuttle mission ended with Atlantis touching down at Kennedy Space Center bringing to an end 30 years of success and tragedy since Columbia's Mission STS-1 in 1981. You can get a fantastic view of the Space Center from our final stop, Space Coast Regional Airport which is just across the bay from the Shuttle Landing Strip.
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Class 3
Ends: 31/12/2013
12 years in Aerospace Part 1As part of the VA's 12th anniversary celebrations, EuroBusiness pilots are invited to fly around the world stopping at airports that are linked to some of the most important or ground-breaking events in aerospace since 2001. Join us on the first leg which we begin at Bristol Filton, birthplace of British Concordes and site of the first British Concorde flight. Sadly it was also the landing site for the final flight of any Concorde on 26th November 2003. Our destination on the first leg is Toulouse Blagnac, where the super jumbo Airbus A380 took off on its maiden flight on 27th April 2005. As an aside the A380's wings are made at Filton!
Flight Details
| Aircraft: | Pilatus PC-12E | Flight Route: | EGTG to LFBO |
| Departure Weather: | Real world weather. | ||
| Arrival Weather: | Real world weather. | ||
Ends: 31/12/2013
12 years in Aerospace Part 2Oue second leg takes us from the birthplace of the A380 to Payerne, a military airfield in Switzerland. This was the base for the longest and highest flight so far undertaken by a purely solar powered aircraft, the Solar Impulse, from 7th to 8th July 2010. During 26 hours aloft, the Solar Impulse reached the altitude of 28,500 feet.
Flight Details
| Aircraft: | Pilatus PC-12E | Flight Route: | LFBO to LSMP |
| Departure Weather: | Real world weather. | ||
| Arrival Weather: | Real world weather. | ||
Class 4
Ends: 31/12/2013
12 years in Aerospace Part 3We leave behind the achievements of the Solar Impulse to travel to Bournemouth on the south coast of the UK next. It was here on February 8th 2006 that the late Steve Fossett landed the Virgin GlobalFlyer after the longest nonstop aircraft flight in history. He covered 25,766 miles in 76 hours, 45 minutes and diverted to Bournemouth instead of the scheduled finish at Manston because of a generator failure but still managed to smash the previous records!
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| Aircraft: | Challenger 850 | Flight Route: | LSMP to EGHH |
| Departure Weather: | Real world weather. | ||
| Arrival Weather: | Real world weather. | ||
Ends: 31/12/2013
12 years in Aerospace Part 4From Steve Fossett's record breaking landing we travel on to Geneva now, where in May 2008 pilot and inventor Yves Rossy flew over the Swiss Alps reaching a top speed of 189mph using a personal jetpack which he designed and built himself.
Flight Details
| Aircraft: | Challenger 850 | Flight Route: | EGHH to LSGG |
| Departure Weather: | Real world weather. | ||
| Arrival Weather: | Real world weather. | ||
Class 5
Ends: 31/12/2013
12 years in Aerospace Part 5We leave Lake Geneva behind now and head east to Chkalovski airport, northeast of Moscow. This is the air transport hub for Star City, centre of the Russian Space Program and our visit is to mark the de-orbit of the hugely successful Mir space station on 23rd March 2001. Mir was the first modular space station and broke many records in its day, paving the way for the current International Space Station.
Flight Details
| Aircraft: | Airbus A318 Elite | Flight Route: | LSGG to UUMU |
| Departure Weather: | Real world weather | ||
| Arrival Weather: | Real world weather | ||
Ends: 31/12/2013
12 years in Aerospace Part 6We leave Star City behind and head to Dasht-e Naz airport in northern Iran. This airport is very close to the landing site of the late Angelo d'Arrigo's remarkable journey in August 2002. He flew an ultralight plane from the Siberian Arctic to the shores of the Caspian Sea, guiding a flock of Siberian cranes behind him. The cranes are critically endangered and these captive born birds have no adults to guide them on their arduous migration route so d'Arrigo decided he would guide them himself using the ultralight as a substitute adult for them to follow.
Flight Details
| Aircraft: | Airbus A318 Elite | Flight Route: | UUMU to OINZ |
| Departure Weather: | Real world weather | ||
| Arrival Weather: | Real world weather | ||
Class 6
Ends: 31/12/2013
12 years in Aerospace Part 7Our celebration moves now to the USA and we begin this leg at Edwards Air Force Base, home of the Dryden Flight Research Centre which in November 2004 flew their X-43 hypersonic experimental aircraft up to a speed of Mach 9.68 or 7000 mph reaching an altitude of 112,000 feet. From such dizzy heights, we return to earth to celebrate the rollout ceremony for the latest big airliner, the Boeing 787 at their Everett site next to Paine Field airport on 8th July 2007.
Flight Details
| Aircraft: | Tupolev 204 VIP | Flight Route: | KEDW to KPAE |
| Departure Weather: | Real world weather | ||
| Arrival Weather: | Real world weather | ||
Ends: 31/12/2013
12 years in Aerospace Part 8We leave Boeing's assembly line behind and fly south to New Mexico where on 14th October 2012 Felix Baumgartner set off from Roswell International and ascended using a helium balloon lifted capsule 24 miles up into the stratosphere before free falling back to earth in a pressure suit. On his way down he broke the sound barrier, reaching Mach 1.25 and he also set a new world record for skydiving. His flight was on the 65th anniversary of Chuck Yeager's successful bid to break the sound barrier in the Bell X-1.
Flight Details
| Aircraft: | Tupolev 204 VIP | Flight Route: | KPAE to KROW |
| Departure Weather: | Real world weather | ||
| Arrival Weather: | Real world weather | ||
Class 7
Ends: 31/12/2013
12 years in Aerospace Part 9We leave Roswell behind and head northeast to New York City. LaGuardia airport was the origin of the miraculous US Airways Flight 1549 which on January 15th 2009 suffered a double birdstrike and consequent total engine failure about 3 minutes into the flight. The flightcrew were able to skilfully avoid disaster by ditching the Airbus A320 in the Hudson River with no loss of life.
Flight Details
| Aircraft: | Boeing 777 VIP | Flight Route: | KROW to KLGA |
| Departure Weather: | Real world weather | ||
| Arrival Weather: | Real world weather | ||
Ends: 31/12/2013
12 years in Aerospace Part 10Our final Mission marks another "end of an era" moment in the aerospace field with the retirement of the Space Shuttle. On July 21st 2011 the final Space Shuttle mission ended with Atlantis touching down at Kennedy Space Center bringing to an end 30 years of success and tragedy since Columbia's Mission STS-1 in 1981. You can get a fantastic view of the Space Center from our final stop, Space Coast Regional Airport which is just across the bay from the Shuttle Landing Strip.
Flight Details
| Aircraft: | Boeing 777 VIP | Flight Route: | KLGA to KTIX |
| Departure Weather: | Real world weather | ||
| Arrival Weather: | Real world weather | ||