The World's LONGEST Flight - QANTAS London to Sydney
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Published 2019-11-15
The flight is not a typical passenger flight; it is a delivery flight and a research flight. The brand new Boeing 787-9, VH-ZNJ painted in Qantas special Centenary livery operated this history making flight in just 19 hours and 19 minutes from London to Sydney non-stop covering over 17,000km! (10,500 miles)
Qantas has named its endeavor “Project Sunrise” after the airline’s historic ‘Double Sunrise’ endurance flights during the Second World War, which remained airborne long enough to see two sunrises. This flight is a prove of overcoming the final frontier of aviation, linking non-stop flights from East Coast of Australia to London and New York.
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All Comments (21)
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London to Sydney. Imagine the engines runing that aircraft. Engineering at its best
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Longest flight in the world is one with a screaming kid that will not be quiet.
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Whenever I travel, I do my best to always be super respectful and courteous. It's nice to see how respectful and kind Sam is to everyone. Love your adventures my friend.
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3 times I flew a former "longest flight in the world". LA to Singapore on Singapore Airlines. 18 hours in the air. Even the coach seats were more like business class. Lots of legroom, lots of movies on screens on each seat, and this was back in 2003-2004. It was a modified Boeing 777. Loved those flights.
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You’re like a VIP in the aviation industry now lol
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In this Plane, There are 1 % passengers 1 % flight crew 98 % cameraman 😂
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Wow, double sunrise. Emotional after the wings were clipped due to the pandemic . Added to this historical flight was hearing the 2nd Officer, Chris honoring his grand father who fought in my country, Papua New Guinea. Sadly he just passed on and was not able to hear of his grandson's historical flight. Rest in love, Wantok❤🇵🇬🇵🇬
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Congratulations to the second officer, Chris Agnew for being part of this history making research flight. I am watching from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬. Good to hear that your grandfather flew here in PNG during WW2
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First class people: 19 hour flight, this is gonna be fun Economy class people with a crying baby: what am I doing with my life
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Well done, Mr. Chui!! I'm the son of a retired 747 captain and love aviation supremely. Thank you for keeping that love alive.
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How amazing was that!! And the fact that they had heaps of remaining fuel after such a long journey, wow!
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What an inspiring video, as an Australian & a Queenslander I was in tears by the end, please keep making videos like this, we all need it.
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Glad to see Qantas still employ older flight attendances. Well done!
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The real challenge is if they did 19 hours in economy with no special treatment
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What a fascinating and educating video Sam, thank you. I remember quite a few years ago, sitting at the gate and looking out of the window of my 747 LAX-LHR flight. On the adjacent gate sat a Quantas 747 bound for Sydney. Now I know why it was liveried Longreach.
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I flew from Sydney to London with a refuel for one hour in Darwin. Watching this made me cry remembering that flight back and my last taste of Aussie life, such wonderful people, cared for so well by staff. I left Australia for my home country of the UK only 8 months ago, and there isn't a day I don't miss that wonderful country.
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Sam 2019: gets on every special flight Sam 2039: owns an airline
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Just casually on a flight with the CEO of Qantas....lol
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WOW, what a fantastic video Sam. Some great stories there and views. Very emotional watching it touch the ground in Sydney. Beautiful.
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Sam thanks very much for this really interesting upload, love all the work that you do and I really don't know how I missed this One!!!! Some FANTASTIC facts learned watching this. Stay safe and well everyone x
