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NYC To Sydney: Longest Non-Stop In Aviation History


Australia’s Qantas Airline completed a first 10,000-mile passenger flight of 19 hours and 16 minutes. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner departed in the evening with just 50 passengers so that the fuel usage could be monitored, as well as physical reactions of the crew and passengers.

In-flight tests included measuring pilot brain waves, melatonin levels and alertness to exercise classes for passengers. Project Sunrise will continue to operate regular, non-stop commercial flights from Australia’s east coast cities of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne to London and New York. More research flights are scheduled: London to Sydney in November and another New York to Sydney in December. apnews.com/d6545469f97842e8b1c908397812a39d

Time Travel: Will It Ever Be Possible For Our Bucket List? PDF Print E-mail


USA Today.com recently did a report agreeing with Albert Einstein’s theory that some day people will be able to enjoy new ways to go places.

Of course, there are many questions. For example, if we can go back in time, will we be able to change the past so it will affect the future? Then, if we could travel to the future, would we’d still be alive and at the same age as we are today? Additionally, if we can return to early Vegas visits, could we attend a 1970s live Elvis concert, including dinner and drinks, for $25?

It all led us to ponder what choices we’d make if we were given the opportunity to take a one-time journey into the past or future. Here are some ideas for the ultimate bucket list, and we welcome senior readers to come up with their own:

Visit ancient Athens to discuss philosophy with Socrates...
On the scaffolding with Michelangelo as he paints the ceiling of Rome’s Sistine Chapel...
Sit in with the guys in Philly as they consider Tom Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence...
Go ashore at San Salvador with Chris Columbus and his crew as they discover the New World...
In the audience at Gettysburg when Abe Lincoln gives his short address...
On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial when Martin Luther King gives his memorable speech...
And just one more my wife insists I include: into the future to see the first woman President of the United States sworn in on January 20,  2017!!!

 
 
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