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Location: We_tside PNW (Columbia Gorge) / CO / SA TX / Thailand
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747 = bigger profile to push = more benefit from tailwind. I like to watch the flight tracker when flying to see when we get above 800 mph. (Occasionally)..
I wonder if it got a gate right away. Last time I used BA we had to wait 30 minutes and than a bus picked us up....
Inside Heathrow things go real fast though.
And how did the flights going in the opposite direction fare? Did they all have enough fuel to complete their trips or did they need to stop to refuel in Gander or some other place?
And how did the flights going in the opposite direction fare? Did they all have enough fuel to complete their trips or did they need to stop to refuel in Gander or some other place?
Have heard 8+ hours on the westbound in some cases. I don't believe refueling stops were involved.
Location: We_tside PNW (Columbia Gorge) / CO / SA TX / Thailand
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Originally Posted by kokonutty
And how did the flights going in the opposite direction fare? Did they all have enough fuel to complete their trips or did they need to stop to refuel in Gander or some other place?
Yeah... 2+ hrs to a 5.5 hr westbound flights... (that is huge %)
Asia runs we would be 2 hrs late on a 12 -18 hr flight (that was bad too, but not nearly the % bad))
I don't recall stopping for fuel, tho last yr a coworker had to stop in Japan for fuel, then the only way to get OUT of Japan for allowable routing, they had to take a train to a different airport. He was one day delayed to destination! I had left a day later and we arrived at the same time (He much more tired). Work tasks began 1 hr after arrival with flights back to China that night, then a one week mad rush between China destinations. He was beat from the start. I was 'all rested up' from my 18 hr Direct flight)
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