Originally Posted by
tartare
A 747 I think.
Towed to the end of the runway too to make sure it had that little extra bit of fuel, and hardly anyone on board.
And that's with the wind...
Yes. It was VH-OJA, QF's first B747-400. They also had a one off high density fuel load made to order just for that flight. They only had premium pax on board (about 50 from memory). All so that they can get bragging rights that they operated the first non- stop commercial flight from LHR to SYD.