A test of the longest commercial passenger flight in recent aviation history just took off, carrying about 50 people from London to Sydney nonstop
As experiments go, this one should be pretty spectacular -- 19 hours, 17,800 kilometers , 100 metric tons of jet fuel and not one, but two separate sunrises.
It's the second of three experimental trips being undertaken by Qantas. The first, flying from New York's JFK Airport to Sydney Airport, took place in October.That flight, at about 16,000 kilometers, took just over 19 hours. Among those on board will be Qantas employees and frequent fliers who will be fitted with monitors to track sleep patterns, movement, food consumption and use of in-flight entertainment.
"These are test flights to show the regulator, and to make sure that Qantas is convinced we can do them safely," the airline's CEO, Alan Joyce, said on the eve of the flight."Flying nonstop from the East Coast of Australia to London and New York is truly the final frontier in aviation, so we're determined to do all the groundwork to get this right."
Earlier this week, Qantas announced its pledge to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. CEO Joyce said it would achieve this through the use of new -- as yet unavailable -- aircraft, aviation technology and fuel types.Captain Trenerry said traversing a route not normally used by Qantas is one of the trickiest elements her team will face during the latest trip.
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