And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
My daughter has done that Dallas to Sydney flight several times. The real killer it the connecting flights - two domestic flights to get to Dallas, then another to Perth from Sydney. She said she was a zombie when she arrived.
I just measured Dallas to Sydney in google earth and came up with about the same number. So I guess it's "map" route. However, as I was drawing the line between the two places the line "curved" by itself, as if to compensate for the curvature of the earth. shrug It's a long way and I prolly won't do it. I did 6 hours nonstop a couple times and that was enough. That was back in the 70's, before all the gadgets people have today to stave off boredom.
Singapore Airlines flight 21 & 22 was over 18 hours and over 15,000 km. It was all business class I believe to lighten the load. Great flight and great service (as long flights go).
I did SIN-EWR a couple of years ago. The A-350-900-ULR has several rows of business class (which makes the 18 hour or so flight pretty fun, if you ask me) and the rest (most of the seats) is premium economy which is pretty nice to.
What? No mention of the DC flight to Tokyo which is also 13+ hrs (having boarded that flight many a time).
ReplyDeleteBeen there done that.....it totally sucks! But, it gets you there with no stop overs so....
DeleteMy daughter has done that Dallas to Sydney flight several times. The real killer it the connecting flights - two domestic flights to get to Dallas, then another to Perth from Sydney. She said she was a zombie when she arrived.
ReplyDeleteShown as straight lines, but the planes fly Great Circle routes, which are shorter. Are the distances shown the actual flight or the map distances?
ReplyDeleteI just measured Dallas to Sydney in google earth and came up with about the same number. So I guess it's "map" route. However, as I was drawing the line between the two places the line "curved" by itself, as if to compensate for the curvature of the earth. shrug It's a long way and I prolly won't do it. I did 6 hours nonstop a couple times and that was enough. That was back in the 70's, before all the gadgets people have today to stave off boredom.
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ReplyDelete"Distances are great circle distances."
Which are the shorter distances due to curvature
DeleteSdyney to SFO is no joke either. 13 hours next week, then SFO to DEN and that is after Darwin to Sydney to begin with.
ReplyDeleteSingapore Airlines flight 21 & 22 was over 18 hours and over 15,000 km. It was all business class I believe to lighten the load. Great flight and great service (as long flights go).
ReplyDeleteI did SIN-EWR a couple of years ago. The A-350-900-ULR has several rows of business class (which makes the 18 hour or so flight pretty fun, if you ask me) and the rest (most of the seats) is premium economy which is pretty nice to.
DeleteIt isn’t “Dallas”... It’s DFW, which is in Fort Worth. No mention of the flight from DFW to Inchon, SouthKorea,
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