Originally Posted by
finncapt
Ah, the 591/592 rotation.
Sixteen, or was it a 14 day trip.
All the way to Melbourne via JFK, LAX, HNL, NAN (Nandi, Fiji), SYD and back.
Did several of those in the early 70s.
Remember being the nav on a delayed flight - between NAN and HNL having a meridian passage - look it up, a navigators dream - better than sex!!
I remember this splendid VC-10 trip which as BOAC/BA Cabin Crew could be 21 days . Senior Captains usually operated the ‘Sydney thru the West’ on Thursdays. One skipper had strawberry’s loaded for him at LAX for the HNL sector. We slipped in Melbourne transiting SYD in both directions. England cricket teams used to turn up at our hotel opposite Carlton footie ground where some rooms had cooking facilities.Always operated on VC10/S/VC10 on the route but we could operate the final JFK -LHR sector on B707 if so required.