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Why do airplanes at every airport disembark at the left (port) side?
I travel by air a lot, and at virtually every airport I've ever been too, including where you disembark by stairs, as opposed to by jet bridge, the left-hand-doors are always used; and the ...
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What is the fastest speed a passenger airplane flies at?
How fast does the world's currently fastest passenger plane fly (cruise speed)? Do any passenger planes fly faster than the speed of sound?
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What's the longest take-off run of a commercial flight? [closed]
I listen to the Dr Karl podcast where in a recent one he stated the longest take off run was by a C-130 (Hercules) plane in Greenland a long while back (I gather it was some unusual condition and not ...
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Does flying east to west generally take longer than west to east in America?
I noticed for a particular round-trip that the portion from the east coast to the west was scheduled to take over an hour longer than the return trip. I initially thought this was a mistake due to ...
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Fastest route around the world on regularly scheduled transportation?
After a heated internal discussion about whether it was possible to go around the world within a day (24 hours), I thought I'd ask this question.
Using regularly scheduled flights, it is possible to ...
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Does the rotation of the earth affect the travel time from Europe to Australia?
Assuming that a place in Europe is exactly on the opposite side of the earth than Sydney. Now I want to take a plane to travel there. Does it matter if the plan flies with the rotation of the earth or ...
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What is the LONGEST passenger flight (with a flight number) in the world?
For example, JQ151 from Sydney to Christchurch is around 3 hours. NZ1 however, is about another 7 to Hong Kong.
Will need a regular flight number to verify.
Definition is longest in terms of flight ...
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What is the SHORTEST commercial passenger flight (with a flight number) in the world?
With the occasional debate about Oxford airport in the UK becoming a new London airport, and hearing of a flight that once landed at Heathrow due to fog, then flew on to Gatwick, I was wondering - ...
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What (if any) regularly scheduled airline flights pass over Antarctica?
We were just discussing at lunch if there are any such flights.
