Vickers Vimy to Cape TownOne 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.
The Race to the Cape...
- TheGreenGoblin
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The Race to the Cape...
Though you remain
Convinced
"To be alive
You must have somewhere
To go
Your destination remains
Elusive."
Convinced
"To be alive
You must have somewhere
To go
Your destination remains
Elusive."
- Woody
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Re: The Race to the Cape...
Now we can’t get there again
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- Woody
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Re: The Race to the Cape...
Cargo only, repatriation flight returning today.
747 from CPT as well.
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- Woody
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Re: The Race to the Cape...
Apparently that A380 has over 440 pax on board, not much social distancing for 10 hours
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Re: The Race to the Cape...
So 29 empty seats!
According to Seat Guru they have:
Cynicism improves with age
Re: The Race to the Cape...
Perhaps the persons in the empty seats get up and move around thus evening-out the proximity.