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Can A BBJ Do JNB - JFK Non-stop

BreninTW From Taiwan, joined Jul 2006, 1319 posts, RR: 2
Posted (4 months 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 2235 times:

There's currently some discussion going on in South Africa about the president's recent trip to New York for the UN. This got me wondering: South Africa's presidential aircraft is a BBJ (which generation, I'm not sure) -- can a BBJ (in any guise) make it from JNB (or Pretoria) to JFK non-stop?

I'm tired of the A vs. B sniping. Neither make planes that shed wings randomly!

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Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 23618 posts, RR: 80
Reply 1, posted (4 months 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 2225 times:

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No model of BBJ (based on the 737) can make it, but all models of the 777 VIP and 787 VIP range, as well as the 747-8 VIP, can do it per Boeing Business Jet's site.

BreninTW From Taiwan, joined Jul 2006, 1319 posts, RR: 2
Reply 2, posted (4 months 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 2197 times:

Quoting Stitch (Reply 1):
No model of BBJ (based on the 737) can make it

Sorry -- yes, I should have been more specific. I believe it's a 737-based BBJ (if it's the one I saw at JNB a couple years ago).

I'm tired of the A vs. B sniping. Neither make planes that shed wings randomly!

Fabo From Slovakia, joined Aug 2005, 826 posts, RR: 1
Reply 3, posted (4 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 1955 times:

JNB to NYC is about 7900 nautical miles, or so. A BBJ1 has about 6000 or so, that is the most of 737BBJs.

So a non-stop is not possible, but if they have ETOPS, a flight with single stopover in Cape Verde should be posssible.

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SA7700 From South Africa, joined Dec 2003, 2808 posts, RR: 24
Reply 4, posted (4 months 6 days ago) and read 1942 times:

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Quoting BreninTW (Reply 2):
I believe it's a 737-based BBJ (if it's the one I saw at JNB a couple years ago).

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andz From South Africa, joined Feb 2004, 8247 posts, RR: 13
Reply 5, posted (4 months 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 1864 times:

Quoting BreninTW (Thread starter):
There's currently some discussion going on in South Africa about the president's recent trip to New York for the UN.

The discussion I heard on the radio this morning was that the Prez was on the BBJ and it was being "followed" by a Bombardier biz jet because "the Boeing had recently been serviced and there were questions about its reliability".

The DJ said "why not just put the Prez on the more reliable plane? What are they going to do if something goes wrong, catch him on the wing?"

Sometimes I wonder what cartoon world I live in.

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Starlionblue From Greenland, joined Feb 2004, 15102 posts, RR: 69
Reply 6, posted (4 months 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 1734 times:

Quoting andz (Reply 5):
Quoting BreninTW (Thread starter):
There's currently some discussion going on in South Africa about the president's recent trip to New York for the UN.

The discussion I heard on the radio this morning was that the Prez was on the BBJ and it was being "followed" by a Bombardier biz jet because "the Boeing had recently been serviced and there were questions about its reliability".

The DJ said "why not just put the Prez on the more reliable plane? What are they going to do if something goes wrong, catch him on the wing?"

Sometimes I wonder what cartoon world I live in.

That's hilarious. I wonder what was actually going on.

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Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 18467 posts, RR: 17
Reply 7, posted (4 months 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 1718 times:

Quoting Fabo (Reply 3):
JNB to NYC is about 7900 nautical miles, or so. A BBJ1 has about 6000 or so, that is the most of 737BBJs.

And that's only with several optional fuel tanks in the cargo compartment.

andz From South Africa, joined Feb 2004, 8247 posts, RR: 13
Reply 8, posted (4 months 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1611 times:

I know this is a tangent topic but it is related.

It turns out the president's BBJ was shadowed by TWO aircraft on his recent trip to New York.

One of them was a SAA 342 that went as far as Las Palmas.

What an incredible waste of taxpayers' money. We are becoming more like Zimbabwe every day.

http://www.iol.co.za/saturday-star/zuma-s-aircraft-row-1.1217261

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