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#241949 - 08/01/2005 04:05 Re: Mini-Me(ets) in the Land of Oz? [Re: wfaulk]
Shonky pooh-bah Registered: 12/01/2002 Posts: 2009 Loc: Brisbane, Australia	Quote: Maybe it'll do an in-air refuel. Yeah. That sounds likely. That would be cool Either they have the aircraft type wrong or they've figured out how to get there in one hop. Maybe they run on one engine with a lot rudder to compensate! It's definitely one flight though: Code: FRIDAY AIR CANADA FLIGHT AC 34 CONFIRMED 28 JAN 05 - DEPART - SYDNEY/SYDNEY KINGSFORD 1115 NON-STOP Terminal: TERMINAL 1 28 JAN 05 - ARRIVE - VANCOUVER/VANCOUVER AIR 0655 14HRS 40MINS Terminal: TERMINAL M - AIRCRAFT - AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A340-300 - CLASS - ECONOMY _________________________ Christian #40104192 120Gb (no longer in my E36 M3, won't fit the E46 M3)
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#241950 - 08/01/2005 08:29 Re: Mini-Me(ets) in the Land of Oz? [Re: mlord]
Roger carpal tunnel Registered: 18/01/2000 Posts: 5682 Loc: London, UK	Quote: The 340-300 cannot carry enough fuel to do the whole thing in one leg. Hmmm. Some googling... Distance between Vancouver and Sydney is 9652 kilometers. Typical range of A340-300 is 12415 km. _________________________ -- roger
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#241951 - 08/01/2005 14:36 Re: Mini-Me(ets) in the Land of Oz? [Re: Shonky]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14483 Loc: Canada	Here's the other direction of the same flight (AC33/AC34), which I recently rode to Oz: Quote: AIR CANADA AC 33 D-CONFIRMED EQUIP: 343 DEPART: VANCOUVER SUN 21NOV04 1810 ARRIVE: SYDNEY TUE 23NOV04 0730 SEATS: 2H,2K DEPARTS FROM: TERMINAL M -MAIN That was an A340-300. It stopped in Honolulu for the USA customs run-around-the-tarmac foolishness while refueling, and then continued on to Sydney. The AC34 return flight did the same thing. But they may have changed that now with the new schedule as of 14-Dec-2004. Funny thing is, I looked up AC33 on the current schedule, and it still departs at 1810 and arrives at 0730 -- should be 2 hours shorter than that when flying direct! And I stand corrected: both types of aircraft used on this run can carry enough fuel to do the whole trip in one leg; they just haven't done it that way (until now?). Cheers
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