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Yes they do, and although I did not state that in my posting, the flight flew from China to Anchorage, then on the Louisville. Sorry for any confusion.
They will indeed need fuel-at least the 747-400F And 747-200F’s will. The range is under 5000nm which is roughly 10 hours flying time. They do a bit better coming this direction rather than going west due to headwinds. PVG-ANC is 4300+ miles which is about the range for a loaded 747F
I'll be checking in with my friend again in the morning. She works in Louisville in flight planning, so she will be able to confirm the route, (if we don't already know by then).
She did say it was all being consolidated in China and will be broken up once it gets to Louisville, which is normal. So we will likely all see updates at the same time. She said they will continued to be bundles as they fan out to final destinations.
I'll post again as soon as I know.
She did say it was all being consolidated in China and will be broken up once it gets to Louisville, which is normal. So we will likely all see updates at the same time. She said they will continued to be bundles as they fan out to final destinations.
I'll post again as soon as I know.
There has been a new season that was released not that long ago. Some interesting investigations....
My favorite by far was the British Airways flight that was flying over Jakarta when it experienced St Elmo's Fire and the crew was safely able to land the plane even when it seemed like all 4 engines on the massive 747 had failed...
Going to bed and hoping to see a tracking update out of China in the morning!
Shorter from Asia to Alaska and Alaska to Kentucky. Check out GCMap sometime. Here’s the ranges using Shanghai as a starting point.
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I usually just watch them on youtube but the one that haunts me is the Helios Airways Flight when the plane wasn't pressurized and they had no clue so sadd
I believe customs is in anchorage as well
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That's what I said It's shorter from Alaska to Kentucky..
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Yes, customs aswell
That’s gotta be an interesting job at the worldport! I know some of the Teamsters there-it’s quite the operation! Is your friend a flight dispatcher or more flight logistics (X plane loaded for Y destination) planner for UPS?? Keep us posted!
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Yes I know-I was showing you the ranges and the website to check out.
But if I were going to guess, they are on the inbounds to sdf right now. There is a fleet of UPS 747s and MD 11s heading in right now. 7 total planes coming from ANC.
Yeah...I think the title for that episode was appropriately named Ghost Plane...just spooky...also similar to the Malaysia 777 flight that disappeared in the South Indian Ocean which we still have no clue about...just hate it when we don't know what happens to planes, especially with all the tracking that we have available in today's world!
So frustrating!
It is amazing there. I worked there for a while starting in the unload and working my way up to ramp operations. Was a really fun job out on the ramp.
She is more in logistics. When I asked if she knew the route she said she couldn't remember it off the top of her head but could find out when she got to work in the morning.
Awesome thanks for utilizing your useful connection for us!
Anxiously awaiting-I remember when the phones were made in Shenzhen it was SZX-ANC-SDF or SZX-ICN-ANC-SDF. Now with the huge factory aka iPhone city in ZZ it’s anyones guess whether they go out on smaller freighters or even trucks from CGO/ZZ to PVG cause it’s for sure closer than Shenzhen.
Just looked 7 total planes coming in as we "speak". I would imagine it's something big. It also could line up with what you said as 7 planes could contain all of the iPhone X orders..
We’ll see if we all start getting scans soon. ::fingers crossed:: Hopefully my theory is right for all our sanity lol
My guess is same flights tomorrow and this board blows up tracking planes!
It's so much fun tracking planes as we all know when it is going to arrive in US. Right now we don't know anything about the status of our phones, hence the anxiety...
In theory a 747 can hold a little over 150 tons. So 7 coming into the US would probably be around 3 million iPhones with the packages weighing around .4lbs