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Old 28th Jun 2018, 20:16
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WingNut60
 
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Originally Posted by vapilot2004
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The advantage would be not having to sit in the back of Biggus Birdus, stuffed with 500 of your closest mates for a relative eon. And for the truly time-pressed, there and back with business complete before the gooney bird is done flapping her wings on the first go. ......
I think you may have missed the point.
You are correct only if you have booked ahead and the hyper-jet schedule matches your requirements.

But, like the never-to-happen Concorde flights to Oz, unless you have the frequency of service (which is highly unlikely) then, when coupled to mega-bucks to use it, you'll be scratching for bums.

If it's going to work at all, then it'll be on something like the old Concorde routes where the affluent population lies..

She looks pretty lean. I can't imagine a real lot of fuel wedged into that shape.
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