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August 16, 1989 (): The first Qantas Boeing 747-400, VH-OJA, the City of Canberra, set a non-stop distance record for a commercial aircraft by flying 17,039 kilometres (10,588 mi; 9,200 nmi), [138] covering a great circle distance of 17,016 kilometres (10,573 mi; 9,188 nmi) between London and Sydney in 20 hours, 9 minutes. The purpose was to ...
The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. After the introduction of the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30%.
In 1989, the Qantas 747-400 VH-OJA flew non-stop from London Heathrow to Sydney, a distance of 18,001 km (11,185 mi), in 20 hours and 9 minutes to set a commercial aircraft world distance record. [40] [41] As of 2014, this is the fastest heavyweight flight between London and Sydney. [42]
When launched as a service to Dallas, Flight 7 was the longest regularly scheduled non-stop flight by distance operated by a Boeing 747 [6] [16] and the third-longest regularly scheduled non-stop commercial flight by distance [b] —behind Singapore Airlines Flights 21/22 (Newark-Singapore; 15,345 km) and Singapore Airlines Flights 37/38 (Los ...
The 747-438 took 20 hours and 9 minutes to fly a distance of 9,720 nautical miles (18,001 km) from London Heathrow to Sydney. The elapsed time was six minutes longer than the quickest non-stop England to Australia flight, which was made by an Avro Vulcan of the Royal Air Force in 1961.
In 1989 Qantas set a world distance record for commercial jets when a Boeing 747-400, the City of Canberra, flew non-stop from London to Sydney in just over 20 hours (with special fuel [53] and without passengers or cargo). This was the only nonstop flight ever made between both cities for the next 3 decades.
China Airlines Flight 605 was a daily non-stop flight departing from Taipei, Taiwan at 6:30 a.m. and arriving in Hong Kong at 7:00 a.m. local time. On 4 November 1993, the aircraft went off the runway and overran attempting to land during a storm. [1] It was the first hull loss of a Boeing 747-400. [2] [3]
Flew non-stop from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Connemara, in 15 hours 57 minutes 1914: February 7, 1914: 1,699 km: Karl Ingold: Mercedes Aviatik-Pfeil [29] He flew continuously from 7:35 am until 11:55 pm covering 1,056 miles in 16 hours and 20 minutes. [30] 1903: December 17, 1903: 279 m: Wilbur Wright: Wright Flyer: 59 seconds 1903 ...