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Qantas A380 to fly over Antarctica for New Year's Eve
CRAIG PLATT
September 11, 2009 - 4:49PM
History will be made on New Year's Eve with the first A380 superjumbo flight over Antarctica.
Antarctica Sightseeing Flights has chartered a Qantas A380 for a passenger flight over polar terrain. The flight will be over Antarctica at midnight and passengers will be the first in the world to see the sun rise on 2010.
The New Year's Eve flight to Antarctica will be under the command of Qantas pilot Captain John Dennis, who has flown more than 40 of the 85 previous Boeing 747 flights to the ice. He will be accompanied by two other senior pilots for the inaugural A380 journey.
The sightseeing flight will not land in Antarctica, but typically flies a figure-eight route crossing the polar icecap, flying over the South Magnetic Pole, the French scientific base at Dumont d'Urville, rugged coastal cliffs, massive glaciers and finally the Trans-Antarctic Range before returning to Australia.
The journey will take about 11 1/2 hours and cover some 9500 kilometres, including up to four hours above the Antarctic terrain.
The flight will depart from Sydney but fly via Melbourne to pick up more passengers.
http://www.theage.com.au/travel/trav...r-new-years-eve-20090911-fkho.html
Qantas A380 to fly over Antarctica for New Year's Eve
CRAIG PLATT
September 11, 2009 - 4:49PM
History will be made on New Year's Eve with the first A380 superjumbo flight over Antarctica.
Antarctica Sightseeing Flights has chartered a Qantas A380 for a passenger flight over polar terrain. The flight will be over Antarctica at midnight and passengers will be the first in the world to see the sun rise on 2010.
The New Year's Eve flight to Antarctica will be under the command of Qantas pilot Captain John Dennis, who has flown more than 40 of the 85 previous Boeing 747 flights to the ice. He will be accompanied by two other senior pilots for the inaugural A380 journey.
The sightseeing flight will not land in Antarctica, but typically flies a figure-eight route crossing the polar icecap, flying over the South Magnetic Pole, the French scientific base at Dumont d'Urville, rugged coastal cliffs, massive glaciers and finally the Trans-Antarctic Range before returning to Australia.
The journey will take about 11 1/2 hours and cover some 9500 kilometres, including up to four hours above the Antarctic terrain.
The flight will depart from Sydney but fly via Melbourne to pick up more passengers.
http://www.theage.com.au/travel/trav...r-new-years-eve-20090911-fkho.html
