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I'm taking the world's shortest commercial flight from this airport to the next island, a mile away,
It's a commercial flight and it's August 2021 as I record this, so masks are required, which won't look great.
But there still isn't a single direct commercial flight being offered from Asia to South America,
Currently, the longest commercial flight is the one between Singapore and Newark
The first commercial flight took place on January 1st, 1914, flying the 20 or so miles between St. Petersburg and Tampa Florida.
John Gunderman asks, can we bring back supersonic commercial flight?
In the middle of the Bering Strait sit two tiny islands, Big Diomede, owned by Russia, and Little Diomede, owned by the United States. They're only about 2.5 miles apart, so close that on a clear day, you can see from one to the other. In winter, the water between them freezes solid, meaning you could technically walk from America to Russia right across the sea ice. Oh, and here's the kicker. Because of the international date line, Big Diomede is almost a full day ahead of Little Diomede. So you're not just crossing countries, you're walking into tomorrow. Number five. Most of humanity lives in just half the planet. If you drew a line around the globe at the equator, you'd find something surprising. 90% of all people on Earth live in the Northern Hemisphere. That includes nearly all of Asia, Europe, North America, and a big chunk of Africa. The Southern Hemisphere? Mostly oceans and far fewer people. So while the world feels massive, most of us are actually packed into just one side of it. Number six. The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds. There's a flight in the Orkney Islands,
Scotland, that takes just 57 seconds from one island to another. This flight covers a mere 1.7 miles, and it's considered the shortest scheduled commercial flight in the world.
Starting May 7, 2025, if you're over 18, you'll need a REAL ID to board any commercial flight in the USA.
The fact is, there are always at least two pilots in the cockpit of any commercial flight, and both are fully capable of operating the aircraft.
in the cockpit of any commercial flight,
Taking a commercial flight to Mars at the speed of light,
The first scheduled commercial flight took place in 1914.
As you may be aware, this is the last commercial flight as a Kai Tak which will be closing immediately after we get airborne.
That's Captain Kim Sharman recalling what he said at the start of Cathay Pacific Flight 251 on July 6, 1998 whilst piloting the last commercial flight to leave Kai Tak before the airport closed down.