“The City of New York”, a NW Airlines 747-451, 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. This will only be the fourth time in history that a commercial jet aircraft will [u]cross[/u] Antarctica.
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March 22, 2004 at 4:29 am