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The Race to the Cape...
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:01 am
by TheGreenGoblin
One hundred years ago the effort to fly where no one has flown before, set speed and altitude records, and take risks that were more likely to fail than succeed was pretty much the way things were. If you wanted to expand the horizons of aviation, that's what you did. This is the story of one such effort, the attempt to link London and Cape Town.
Vickers Vimy to Cape Town
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Re: The Race to the Cape...
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:01 am
by Woody
Now we can’t get there again
Re: The Race to the Cape...
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 12:31 pm
by ian16th
Woody wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:01 am
Now we can’t get there again
BA flew an A380 into Joburg this morning.
Re: The Race to the Cape...
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 12:44 pm
by Woody
ian16th wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 12:31 pm
Woody wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:01 am
Now we can’t get there again
BA flew an A380 into Joburg this morning.
Cargo only, repatriation flight returning today.
747 from CPT as well.
Re: The Race to the Cape...
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 4:40 pm
by Woody
Apparently that A380 has over 440 pax on board, not much social distancing for 10 hours
Re: The Race to the Cape...
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 8:59 pm
by ian16th
Woody wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 4:40 pm
Apparently that A380 has over 440 pax on board, not much social distancing for 10 hours
So 29 empty seats!
According to Seat Guru they have:
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Re: The Race to the Cape...
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:03 pm
by G-CPTN
Perhaps the persons in the empty seats get up and move around thus evening-out the proximity.