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TIL the Double Sunrise are the longest commercial aircraft flights in history. Flown by Qantas during WWII between Western Australia and Sri Lanka through Japanese occupied territory, each flight lasted over 27 hours. Passengers would see two sunrises while airborne

by whatilearned March 15, 2022, 5:19 pm

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BBGUNS12 says:

March 15, 2022 at 5:19 pm

I can do that in a hotair balloon staying in one place and beat that time by 3 hours if I time everything properly.😉

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stevethered says:

March 15, 2022 at 5:19 pm

What a shame we now have planes that can fly further and faster.

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