New airliner sets record flying 24 hrs nonstop from Australia to France
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Imagine being on a flight for 24hrs. I think I'd rather have the stop over.
I once went from Toronto to White Horse by bus. It took 100 hours and I don't recommend it.
Bold of them to think that people would pay extra to sit for 20 hours in economy to get to London or Sydney a few hours earlier, rather than suffering the privation of stretching their legs at an airport somewhere in the middle. On such a journey, the airport break in the middle makes the whole thing just about tolerable.
Yeah, that’s not very typical. I’d like to make that point.
What were the odds ?
Oh, yeah. Chance in a million!
Odd to see it go the long way around, over north america rather then the current paths via the middle east.