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Old Nov 15, 2019, 9:04 pm
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Toshbaf
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Originally Posted by WHBM
These long-haul Qantas flights being trialled (they did another JFK to Sydney) are termed "Project Sunrise" honouring a prior Qantas operation called the "Double Sunrise".

Bonus question : What was the "Double Sunrise", which aircraft, and which two airports did it link ?
Bonus question : What was the "Double Sunrise", which aircraft, and which two airports did it link ?
Consolidated PBY Catalina sea planes.
Linking Broome, WA to SLAF Koggala (Ceylon) and eventually to London.

What to Parisians call CDG? The last time I took a taxi, I told the driver (in French) that I wanted to go to the airport in Roissy.
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