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Old Apr 15, 2004 | 8:16 pm
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Originally Posted by ual744777sta
How did they get these planes delieverd to HA and AQ respectively? Was it through a major series of Island hopping over the Pacific?
Actually no... There are no islands between Hawai'i and the mainland, it's all overwater flying, which is why all flights to Hawai'i needs to be ETOPS certified. Instead, the carriers used big tanks within the cabin of the plane to haul the flights over from the mainland...

See these links for actual pictures of HA's 717s with fuel tanks installed in the cabin:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/148886/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/148885/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/148884/M/

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