2009/10/30 Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> I don't know, Jim. It is not a large plane and there seemed to be quite a few
> people boarded. Didn't seem to have a long run-up to take-off either, but I
> wasn't well positioned to be sure. Didn't see any JATO bottles.
It used to be that QANTAS would fly a passenger-full 737 *to*
Queenstown, but would only fly it out empty so that it could obtain
the necessary height to get out of the valley. You'd catch a smaller
plane (or a bus) to Christchurch to get a plane back to Oz. Things
might have changed since though.
Cheers,
Marc
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