Bye Bye Tinker Belle G-VBIG B744 Virgin Atlantic Airways Retirement On 22/11/2019.

[@seanDB1989]

G-VBIG took us on our honeymoon in August last year. We were about the only people in the Premium Economy cabin - it will be a flight neither me or my wife will ever forget. Gutted to see G-VBIG’s fate - we’ll miss her!

[@23LAVIATION]

Such an amazing memories will always be missed ❤️

[@newarklibertyinternational2000]

Fantastic video my friend! The Queen looks so elegant!! Sad to see her go!!!

[@23LAVIATION]

Thanks a bunch

[@5CU11Y]

I flew on that a few years ago😔 sad to see it go

[@23LAVIATION]

So sad too will miss all of them ☺

[@DOMINICAAVIATION]

Beautiful shot! 👌Sad to see this one go😪 Well that was one SHORT take off roll😱

[@23LAVIATION]

One of the things I will miss from them the short takeoffs pal cheers.

[@2pb]

I flew on this great aircraft returing from Montego Bay Jamaica to London Gatwick. Sad to hear she has been retired and equally sad that the remainder of the Virgin 747 flleet have been recently retired too. They will be greatly missed.

[@23LAVIATION]

We will all miss them the true sky conquerors. Thanks for watching 👍

[@rajnirvan3336]

Bye bye GVBIG. Still got my diecast and will treasure it. Be sad seeing all airlines retire 747

[@23LAVIATION]

Will surely miss them but we will see them for some years to come.

[@rajnirvan3336]

@@23LAVIATION Exactly they still got about 7 or 8 left in their fleet to be retired by 2021. BA & Lufthansa still have theirs fly to middle next decade

[@BritishLion2012]

What a beauty! Super lucky to have got a flight instrument used in the cockpit of this aircraft and a piece of the fuselage! Nice to own it but such a shame this beautiful bird is no longer in the skies

[@23LAVIATION]

Great and cherished memories you have the 747 will be solely missed.

[@BritishLion2012]

23L AVIATION May upload a quick some parts of the plane this week! Yes it will certainly be missed!

[@innuendo1]

Flew on her a couple of times to and from Atlanta - brilliant old girl!

[@23LAVIATION]

Was awesome to see her many times in Manchester missing her

[@eyetrapper]

Fabulous

[@23LAVIATION]

Thanks dude!

[@Kaya_gachaYT]

I have the video of it landing at St Athan yesterday

[@23LAVIATION]

Seen and commented on your video thanks

[@Kaya_gachaYT]

@@23LAVIATION thank you came across your vid and thought you might of liked to have seen this, I work at St Athan and every aircraft that lands their now is it final flight ✈️😭

[@adamwoodward2003]

I flew on this 747 from Manchester to New York's JFK airport in June 2019, it was the first 747 I'd ever been on and I couldn't get over the sheer size of it. I can remember seeing the reg (G-VBIG) and thinking to myself, yeah that is very big 😂😂 Sad to see it scrapped. 😪😪

[@23LAVIATION]

Getting a lot of wonderful comments on the positive experiences people have had over the years on the Virgin Atlantic 747 they will be missed ❤️❤️😭😭

[@davidthomas9190]

I flew on Tinkerbell the first time I visited USA. 😢

[@23LAVIATION]

Missing Tinkerbell 😢

[@davidthomas9190]

@@23LAVIATION I'd always wanted to fly on a 747, it took many years of being alive to get there. Tinkerbell was my first ! I actually felt genuinely sad to hear of her demise.

[@ethansaviation2672]

😭😭😭😭 nooo God save our queen (of the skies)

[@23LAVIATION]

She’s gone and will be greatly missed ❤️

[@empiretinting]

What has happened to her?

[@23LAVIATION]

Virgin Atlantic is replacing them with the A350 so eventually they they are all being retired.

[@TralfazConstruction]

I read an article, which was supposed to show how she had already had her wings 'clipped, but the video had been "removed by the uploader". I immediately began searching recent videos of this great ship.

[@Petertronic]

Scrapped in May 2020.

[@mudassirehtisham19]

Sad, but safety comes first.

[@23LAVIATION]

Safety first for sure

[@aviationlba747]

It’s not about safety, these old birds still have many years of flying in them yet. It’s about efficiency... unfortunately 4-engine aircraft like 747’s and A340’s are not fuel-efficient enough for Virgin Atlantic nowadays. Hence why they are replacing them with 787’s and A350-1000’s.

[@marvmoss4503]

Privileged to fly twice on her back in the late 90's ...so sad they are almost all gone now

[@cliveedwards8277]

Flew to Barbados on her !!

[@mudassirehtisham19]

Bye bye G-VBIG

[@23LAVIATION]

Missing G-VBIG