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I have my money on N54SL for Oprah's trip to Australia. This aircraft is owned by Harpo Inc in Chicago, and "Oprah" is a registered tradmark of Harpo Inc.
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Rolls Royce
And just in case it wasn't obvious, Harpo is Oprah spelled backwards. Interestingly, her Bombardier Global Express is powered by two Rolls Royce turbo-fan engines ...
Actually, it's quite an impressive long range business jet: http://www.aerospace-technology.com/...bal/specs.html
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The new G650 is also powered by the same engines, and Rolls Royce has a relatively long history of supplying engines to the ultra long range bizjet market.
What's the connection/implication you're trying to make here Philip?
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I found it interesting
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Interesting
Well, she was slated to travel on an A380 with her studio audience, but due to a problem with a certain Rolls Royce engine, those plans got ditched and the A380s declared unusable for ex-LAX operations. So now her audience and production crew are on their way from Chicago to Sydney in two 744s and she is coming in a somewhat more private but nevertheless Rolls Royce-powered Global Express bizjet.
Must say something about my lateral thinking if no-one else besides Andrew M sees any irony in the Rolls Royce connection - that's what made it interesting for me anyway!
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Hi All,
Given the range of the Bombardier BD-700-1A10 "Global Express", which according to specs is 11,130km, 11,390km and using Great Circle website, it shows LAX - SYD to be 12,051kms where would she re-fuel? HNL maybe?? Stuart
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Not true. My understanding is that the typical Oprah fan belongs to the middle-class female demographic who have high levels of disposable income. It is for that reason that Oprah is so successful; when she identifies her support for a product, her fans buy it.
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QF7552 Chicago - Honolulu Scheduled: 6/12/2010 7:05am Estimated: 7/12/2010 10:05pm QF7554 Chicago - Honolulu Scheduled: 7/12/2010 10:05pm Estimated: 8/12/2010 8:00am Edit: Or are they just the normal freighters? Last edited by Matt R; 7th December 2010 at 07:17 AM. |
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Opera Win Free?
Only 7 more sleeps ...
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On the TV news this morning they said that Oprah will fly to Melbourne on Friday so we will probably have her in Sydney over the weekend.
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