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EP4: "Let's Name Our Chicken Phil"
puddin:
note that CBS properties on this episodes pictures are 07/15/2007 and they have been right on.
from EP3 ~07/14/2007
georgiapeach:
That's right--tasks on 7/15--then PITSTOP--so leave on 7/16--remember apskip says only one flight out to CDG and it is evening so arr Vilnius on 7/17.
Technically it would then seem feasible to squeeze in Florence on the 18th but I thought apskip said somewhere the flights can't work that way? Off to look...
puddin:
--- Quote from: apskip on November 21, 2007, 03:09:27 PM ---I have had some PM dialogue with Peach on the subject of whether a Africa to Vilnius to Florence to Dubrovnik routing or Africa to Florence to Vilnius to Dubrovnik routing can make sense. The answer to both questions is NO. Here's why for the first question. The same logic was worked out for the second case and it proved even less close on timing:
1. AF735 arrives CDG 610am July 17
2. First reasonable connection is at 800am on AF1340 to AMS, connecting there with TE461 to VNO arriving at 1325.
3. Teams then have all of afternoon and evening of July 17 in Vilnius to complete tasks.
4. Earliest possible departure would be at maybe 730am on July 18 to Florence. TE470 departs VNO 0735 to CDG, connecting to AF5036 arriving FLR 1405.
5. Teams have the rest of the afternoon and evening to do tasks in Florence. It doesn't matter whether it is a TBC or pitstop. They are not going to DBV until tasks are done. There is no way that the first group can arrive at 1405 and depart at 1725 even though with a TBC the second or third groups could indeed make it. The precise times are as shown in my master TIMELINE post. NOTE: the reason the first group has to depart by 1725 is that is the latest time they can connect through Milan and Zagreb arriving at 1030 on July 19, which corresponds well with actual observation of when they got to town
I have to conclude that there can be no Africa to Vilnius to Florence routing because there just isn't sufficient time. That means there will be an extended pit stop somewhere, I would guess Florence rather than Burkina Faso. I would also guess that the separation of teams has to occur somewhere and it won't be coming out of Africa with only one flight each 24 hours. The tasks in Florence have to involve major opportunities to get ahead and behind, like FAST FORWARD and UTURN and SPEED BUMP.
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mswood:
I am curious what the hell type of Pit Stop they took between episodes 3 and 4. It can't be a 12 hour Pit Stop. It can't be a 24 hour Pit Stop.
Do they ever take Pit Stops at like 16 or 18 hours of length?
mswood:
--- Quote from: puddin on November 26, 2007, 10:42:41 AM ---note that CBS properties on this episodes pictures are 07/15/2007 and they have been right on.
from EP3 ~07/14/2007
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Puddin (and Peach). I disagree on the dates for at least the 3rd leg in Bingo. Teams fly to Burkina Faso on the 12th and arrive on the 12th. The next morning of the 13th is when they arrive in Bingo and start those tasks.
I would then assume (though we don't have a standard Pit Stop), that they do leg four on the 14th.
If I am right that would give you an extra day to get to Florence, eventually.
Unless I don't know what the hell I am talking about.
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