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Originally Posted by ckissick
Reminds of the time I flew out of Sydney, en route to LA. We were in a 747 with not one empty seat. I think I was the only passeneger who was not a John Deere dealer or his wife.
Imagine this: About 200 tractor dealers from Kansas, Nebraska, etc. Each one the size of an offensive lineman. And their wives were even bigger. Apparently, while every Billy Bob and Jerry Jeff was boozing it up at the convention center, every Betty Lou and Norma Jean was hitting the malls of Sydney, and hitting them hard, denuding Australia of every last kangaroo-based knick-knack and any other piece of crap they could buy. I still don't know how that 747 ever got off the ground. I think we dragged a length of chain link all the way to LAX.
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Melbourne or Sydney to LAX, 16.5 hours, is the longest air route in the world. Although I believe there is now a slightly longer one from the west coast of the US to somewhere in China. Every coffee cup on board the 747-400 is full of kero, and they come in on fumes at the other end. Yes it feels like the big bastard will never haul itself into the sky.