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Posted by Fred G on Sun Dec 31 13:56:42 2017 Plane takes off in 2018 and lands in 2017 |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Dec 31 13:59:36 2017, in response to Time Travel, posted by Fred G on Sun Dec 31 13:56:42 2017. Crossing the international date line is cheating. Now the Concorde used to take off from Paris after sunrise and arrive in New York before sunrise. People on the plane would observe the sun setting in the east. |
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Posted by Fred G on Sun Dec 31 14:09:46 2017, in response to Re: Time Travel, posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Dec 31 13:59:36 2017. I know but it's the best we've got now, other than the dudes talking a walk around the poles. |
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Posted by Chicagomotorman on Sun Dec 31 17:10:12 2017, in response to Time Travel, posted by Fred G on Sun Dec 31 13:56:42 2017. I'm impressed. |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sun Dec 31 18:23:30 2017, in response to Re: Time Travel, posted by Fred G on Sun Dec 31 14:09:46 2017. When I fly back from Tokyo I always take off at 10ish AM and arrive in Chicago at 7ish AM the same calendar day, after 12 hours in the air. This last time I saw the sunrise twice for the same day, once from my hotel room and again just before landing at O'Hare. Travelling east across the dateline is awesome.West, of course, sucks donkey balls, because you feel like you've been cheated a day (take off Wednesday evening, fly 13 hours, land three hours shy of Friday. Wtf happened to Thursday?). |
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Posted by Fred G on Sun Dec 31 18:43:20 2017, in response to Re: Time Travel, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sun Dec 31 18:23:30 2017. Very cool! |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Dec 31 19:39:27 2017, in response to Time Travel, posted by Fred G on Sun Dec 31 13:56:42 2017. Back to the future.Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Sun Dec 31 20:46:08 2017, in response to Time Travel, posted by Fred G on Sun Dec 31 13:56:42 2017. I daresay when it comes to time travel, an A-330-200 is probably more comfortable than a DeLorean . :) |
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Posted by Fred G on Sun Dec 31 21:07:06 2017, in response to Re: Time Travel, posted by FYBklyn1959 on Sun Dec 31 20:46:08 2017. Ha true |
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Posted by AlM on Sun Dec 31 21:28:01 2017, in response to Time Travel, posted by Fred G on Sun Dec 31 13:56:42 2017. Atlanta GA to Birmingham AL has frequent flights that take about -10 minutes gate to gate. The 11:37 PM Delta flight might take a few minutes taxiing tonight and do the same thing. |
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Posted by Dave on Sun Dec 31 22:07:40 2017, in response to Time Travel, posted by Fred G on Sun Dec 31 13:56:42 2017. Qantas Flight 7 departs Sydney at 2:40 p.m. and arrives in Dallas at 1:00 pm. the same day - over 1 1/2 hours earlier - despite being a 15 hour 20 minute flight. |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Sun Dec 31 22:46:06 2017, in response to Re: Time Travel, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sun Dec 31 18:23:30 2017. I've taken a non-stop flight from Tokyo to NYC a few times for business. It isn't the sunrise I miss. It's the 40 hour day that threw me for a loop. |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Mon Jan 1 00:58:39 2018, in response to Re: Time Travel, posted by FYBklyn1959 on Sun Dec 31 20:46:08 2017. Pfft, airbeese. Give me a B787 or B767 any day.Does anyone remember the Twilight Zone episode where the jetliner traveled to the prehistoric era, then the 1930's Worlds Fair? |
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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Mon Jan 1 02:42:35 2018, in response to Re: Time Travel, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Mon Jan 1 00:58:39 2018. Pfft, airbeese. Give me a B787 or B767 any day.Given the crampt arrangements that most airlines have picked for the 787s, I don't know why you'd like them. The A350 is far better... |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Mon Jan 1 14:49:41 2018, in response to Re: Time Travel, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Mon Jan 1 02:42:35 2018. They're already trying to squeeze 10 across in the A350. Even if the seats are narrow I prefer 9 across (and the B787 can never be reconfigured to 10 across). The three middle seats end up all being better than their side counterparts - the aisle has a maximum of half a person needing to climb over to get out. And the middle guy gets two people's worth of bathroom breaks to get up without inconveniencing someone.That said I try to fly Premium Economy, which on a 787 is 2-3-2. From what I understand, the typical seating in coach is: A330/340 - 2-4-2, second best A350 - Design: 3-3-3 A380 - 3-4-3 (bottom) 2-4-2 (top) B747 - 3-4-3 B767 - 2-3-2, best B777 - Design: 3-3-3, 3-4-2, or 2-5-2, Nowadays: 3-4-3 cattle car B787 - Design: 2-4-2 (JAL and early ANA planes), Everyone else: 3-3-3 |
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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Mon Jan 1 16:14:47 2018, in response to Re: Time Travel, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Mon Jan 1 14:49:41 2018. They're already trying to squeeze 10 across in the A350That's a thing? I haven't heard of anybody that's attempting that arrangement thankfully... B767 - 2-3-2, best As long as DL keeps flying these to Europe with Comfort+, I'll keep handing them my money and AMEX points. |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Mon Jan 1 17:49:24 2018, in response to Re: Time Travel, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Mon Jan 1 16:14:47 2018. United and Air Canada had 2-3-2, and United's economy+ makes it perfect.Stupidly though, everyone seems to do 2-1-2 or 2-2-1 for business class on those. Meanwhile on the much wider 777, they do 1-2-1. Something's not quite right here... |
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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Mon Jan 1 19:00:56 2018, in response to Re: Time Travel, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Mon Jan 1 17:49:24 2018. United's economy+ makes it perfectExcept with the problem of being, you know, United. :-) Stupidly though, everyone seems to do 2-1-2 or 2-2-1 for business class on those IIRC, Delta does 1-2-1 on their 767s, but it's generally not seen as their best implementation of their business class product... |
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