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When "Dancing Queen" - Virgin's latest 346 Air Born?

OMG Dancing Queen, my other half will be first in the queue for tickets on that[:o)]

Dancing Queen (G-VFIT) is (AFAIK) yet to be delivered. She was supposed to be arriving in May 2006. See here

Thanks,
Sarah

She has been snapped here on final testing at TLS in the last week or so..... [y]

I should imagine that VS will be taking delivery in the next couple of weeks possibly......

Nice one Rob! Looking forward to another addition to the fleet!

Thanks,
Sarah

Thats gotta be a Gay Aircraft!!

We had a 742 that was called Dancing Queen and Morning Glory all the Gay Crew loved the names of those 2.

Sorry if I sound stupid[:I], but what is so different about Dancing Queen? I'm waiting to be enlightened.[:X]

Nothing different, just the name arouses some special interest among some of our members

G-VFIT Dancing Queen is our latest A340-600 thats all.

She does her first commercial flight on May 25th.

Originally posted by Gill Smith
Sorry if I sound stupid[:I], but what is so different about Dancing Queen? I'm waiting to be enlightened.[:X]

"You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen
Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tambourine
You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life
See that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen"

With lots of oooh ooooooohs (and that's about as far as we can go with the lyric!).

To some of us, it's just fun, it may even become the gay Virgin aeroplane! [:p]

It already has became the Gay Virgin Airplane as far as the Crew are concerned

Originally posted by virgin is the best
Thats gotta be a Gay Aircraft!!

We had a 742 that was called Dancing Queen and Morning Glory all the Gay Crew loved the names of those 2.

There really cannot have been one called Morning Glory.

Talking of plane names, do we know what the eBay auction winner decided to call their plane?

Mat xxx

Originally posted by fozzyo


There really cannot have been one called Morning Glory.

Mat xxx

Mat

Have a look here

Regards

Originally posted by Gill Smith
Sorry if I sound stupid[:I], but what is so different about Dancing Queen? I'm waiting to be enlightened.[:X]

Disco lights in uc:D and am i right in saying its going to be the first a346 with new Y and W seats?[?]

I also believe the reg on the 742 that was called Dancing Queen was G-VPUF.

I think its funny.

Morning Glory reg was G-VZZZ which to me remionds me of sleeping and the Morning Glory well that also reminds me of sleeping if you know what I mean.

I think this is funny too.

Virgin really do have the most fun with the naming of their metal.

Mat xxx

I have no idea who chooses the names though

The original "Dancing Queen" was G-VIBE however following the tragic events of 09/11 she was renamed "Spirit of New York".

Originally posted by virgin is the best
I also believe the reg on the 742 that was called Dancing Queen was G-VPUF.

PUF was "High As A Kite"... Wonder if that's a reference to what "aircraft naming committee" were puffing on?

Mike

Oh yes sorry my mistake

Yay - I got to fly on the Dancing Queen yesterday/today as VS 10 which is the last flight back from JFK to London.

Sad to report that there is no disco gilter ball a the door to welcome you on, nor do they play Abba as background music when you board. Has the bearded one missed a trick here?

Interestingly enough, they have more adopted more "white lighting" compared with the more purple (or should I say lavendar) uplighting on previous A340-600.

UCS has the new-style tables like the new suites on the A340-300. A few of the tables are sticking and you need the safety card to "jimmy" it open!

Interestingly enough, they have more adopted more "white lighting" compared with the more purple (or should I say lavendar) uplighting on previous A340-600.

I hope it doesn't start a trend;)
I've always preferred the purple lighting in UC to the white lighting in the rest of the cabin that always seems so "brash"[:(!]

VS.

Originally posted by KenJohn
Interestingly enough, they have more adopted more "white lighting" compared with the more purple (or should I say lavendar) uplighting on previous A340-600.

It could just be the "mood" as set by the crew. It's possible to put the lighting into a predominantly "white" mode.

Cheers,
Mike

I suppose that is for when the aircraft is being cleaned Mike?

Originally posted by Airbus340
Disco lights in uc:D and am i right in saying its going to be the first a346 with new Y and W seats?[?]

G-VWIN has got the new Y design seats. They are so much nicer, with a better location for the IFE handset. No more accidental call bells![V]