Mr Wu
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Spooky 1 said:Sorry guys, but TWA used to fly from Paris to San Franciso in 22.5 hours in the L1649 Constellation, circa 1956-57.
Doubt if it was non-stop.
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Spooky 1 said:Sorry guys, but TWA used to fly from Paris to San Franciso in 22.5 hours in the L1649 Constellation, circa 1956-57.
GrnClvrs said:Doubt if it was non-stop.
A1FlyBoy said:The captain:
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/777family/200LR/images/suzanna_777-200LR_sm.jpg
*I didn't say she was Nicole Whitehead.
Spooky 1 said:Are you kidding? Water boy and third pilot. No takeoff, no landing, just holding a heading!
mzaharis said:Actually, Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann is the 777-200LR Project chief test pilot.
Spooky 1 said:Sorry, but yes it WAS NON-Stop. The L1649A Constellation was the pinicale of the piston era long range aircraft. Sure there may have been an occasional tech stops when the flight plans ran over 23+ hours, but usually they did it non-stop. I was on a ferry flight from Hamburg to Oakland California that ran around 22 hours back in 1967. Three pilots, two FE's, two Nav's. A real crowd.
Spooky 1 said:I have worked with her when I was on the 777 at Brand X. Very accomplished pilot and an exceptional public speaker. She has done technical briefings at the Boeing Users Conference and her presentations are always excellent. I think she is or was at least current in all the Boeing production models. Started as an engineer at Boeing and worked her way up through the ranks. Pretty exceptional sucess story.