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Old 11th Nov 2004, 19:40
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john_tullamarine
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PER-MEL early 80s. As I recall about 230kts tailwind component in the jetstream for most of the flight. And I still have a pix somewhere of a QF 74 overtaking us a couple of thousand feet above .. at the end of the sector (which was a freight leg) we did a run over the intersection to finish the timing. Can't (won't) recall the actual height .. but we were told after landing that it looked good from the ground.
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