North by Northwest
Veteran
TRANS-POLAR ROUTE:
New York / JFK
Rio Gallegos / RGL, Argentina
Over the South Pole
Perth / PER, Australia
Beijing / BJS, China
Over the North Pole
New York / JFK
"The City of New York" Flight Background
"The City of New Yorkâ€, named after Admiral Byrd’s Antarctic ship the S.S. City of New York, will depart the gate at New York/JFK at 12:00 Noon on Sunday, November 28, 2004 for Rio Gallegos, Argentina/RGL; then continue over the South Pole and approximately 4200 statute miles of Antarctica in daylight to Perth, Australia/PER; then continue on to Beijing, China/BJS; then fly over the North Pole and back to New York/JFK, arriving back at the gate at approximately 4:20 PM on Tuesday, November 30, 2004. The 75th anniversary of Admiral Byrd’s first-ever overflight of the South Pole is November 29, 2004. This flight will attempt to unofficially beat the old record set on October 28-30,1977 by about two hours and eleven minutes. [SEE "WORLD AIR SPEED RECORDS" paragraph in the Operator-Participant Contract for an explanation of our "unofficial" status for this world record.] This will only be the fourth time in history that a commercial jet aircraft will cross Antarctica. General Thomas P. Stafford, USAF (Ret.), who was the APOLLO X and APOLLO-SOYUZ mission commander, will be the flight's special host. General Stafford holds the all-time world air speed record for circumnavigating the Earth in a spacecraft--APOLLO X--at 24,791.4 miles per hour.
New York / JFK
Rio Gallegos / RGL, Argentina
Over the South Pole
Perth / PER, Australia
Beijing / BJS, China
Over the North Pole
New York / JFK
"The City of New York" Flight Background
"The City of New Yorkâ€, named after Admiral Byrd’s Antarctic ship the S.S. City of New York, will depart the gate at New York/JFK at 12:00 Noon on Sunday, November 28, 2004 for Rio Gallegos, Argentina/RGL; then continue over the South Pole and approximately 4200 statute miles of Antarctica in daylight to Perth, Australia/PER; then continue on to Beijing, China/BJS; then fly over the North Pole and back to New York/JFK, arriving back at the gate at approximately 4:20 PM on Tuesday, November 30, 2004. The 75th anniversary of Admiral Byrd’s first-ever overflight of the South Pole is November 29, 2004. This flight will attempt to unofficially beat the old record set on October 28-30,1977 by about two hours and eleven minutes. [SEE "WORLD AIR SPEED RECORDS" paragraph in the Operator-Participant Contract for an explanation of our "unofficial" status for this world record.] This will only be the fourth time in history that a commercial jet aircraft will cross Antarctica. General Thomas P. Stafford, USAF (Ret.), who was the APOLLO X and APOLLO-SOYUZ mission commander, will be the flight's special host. General Stafford holds the all-time world air speed record for circumnavigating the Earth in a spacecraft--APOLLO X--at 24,791.4 miles per hour.
