British Airways Airbus A350 Incredible Night Takeoff from Las Vegas over The Strip

(4K, 2024) British Airways Airbus A350-1000 (G-XWBJ) takeoff from Runway 26R at Las Vegas Harry Reid Airport, Nevada, USA, operating flight BA274 to London Heathrow, in late October 2024. Skip to the takeoff at timestamp 03:20. The view as we takeoff and fly low over the lights of the famous Las Vegas Strip at night is just incredible, I had been looking forward to this moment for the whole trip, and it did not disappoint! You can see the Mandalay Bay, Delano (where I stayed), and Luxor casinos/hotels, the Allegiant Stadium, the MGM Grand, and the Sphere, among many other sights! I was actually lucky because up until a very short time before we departed, takeoffs had been from the northerly runways, and sitting on the right-hand side I would not have had a view of the Strip. I had made peace with that all day, and was delighted during taxi when I realised we were taxiing towards the westerly runways. After takeoff we turned North, before eventually turning back East almost 180 degrees from the direction of takeoff - this offered a second view from a higher altitude looking directly South back down the Strip, and the airport runway lights - the whole thing was northing short of spectacular. My only complaint was that the safety video was so loud on the PA system, that despite sitting next to the engine, it was almost impossible to hear it starting up. Was sad to be leaving! Watch the landing into a very wet London Heathrow at    • British Airways Airbus A350 Firm & We...  

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00:00 Pushback
01:08 Slats and Flaps Down for Takeoff
01:27 Taxi
02:46 Line-up
03:20 Takeoff
04:55 Strip View after Rotation
06:15 Slats and Flaps Up
06:45 Heading North, Looking back at Runway
08:11 Look Directly South down The Strip, Heading East

Date: Thursday 24th October 2024
Seat: 8K
Class: Club World (Business)
Scheduled Departure Time: 21:50
Actual Time: 22:19
Flight Time: 8 Hours 50 Minutes
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