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TAR15 Flights and Transportation Information
Neobie:
--- Quote from: Chateau d If on August 08, 2009, 02:01:30 PM ---Going with Vegassinner's arrival time window of between 1pm and 1:45pm I have a reasonable scenario from Prague
British Airways BA 857 leaving PRG at 6:40 pm and arriving LHR at 7:50 pm
or Czech Airlines OK 652 leaving PRG at 6:45 pm and arriving LHR at 8:05 pm
then
UA 929 leaving LHR at 7:45 am and arriving at Chicago ORD at 10:28 am
or AA 99 leaving LHR at 7:55 am and arriving at Chicago ORD at 10:20 am (I guess a 777 is faster than a 763)
then
UA 551 leaving ORD at 11:53 am and arriving LAS at 1:39 pm
--- End quote ---
I'm thinking that's the earliest possible combination arriving from Europe that day. Anything earlier will get teams in on the night of the 6th. Here's one that takes riskier connections, but ends up on the same final flight from Chicago into Las Vegas:
Prague to Frankfurt, LH 3267: 0600-0710
Frankfurt to Chicago, UA 945: 0825-1033
Chicago to Las Vegas, UA 551: 1153-1339
Both Lufthansa and United are Star Allance members.
I'm thinking this is the flight TPTB was going for. Any release time between the afternoon of the 6th and the morning of the next day would result in the same flight - basically an overnight bunch. Perfect set-up for the final leg.
Teams released on the evening of the 6th will find only one good flight (the Chicago one), and the arrival timing between 1pm and 1.45pm checks out.
north09:
it would explain why the final 3 teams were seen so close together
DrRox:
--- Quote from: Neobie on September 03, 2009, 09:53:07 PM ---
--- Quote from: Chateau d If on August 08, 2009, 02:01:30 PM ---Going with Vegassinner's arrival time window of between 1pm and 1:45pm I have a reasonable scenario from Prague
British Airways BA 857 leaving PRG at 6:40 pm and arriving LHR at 7:50 pm
or Czech Airlines OK 652 leaving PRG at 6:45 pm and arriving LHR at 8:05 pm
then
UA 929 leaving LHR at 7:45 am and arriving at Chicago ORD at 10:28 am
or AA 99 leaving LHR at 7:55 am and arriving at Chicago ORD at 10:20 am (I guess a 777 is faster than a 763)
then
UA 551 leaving ORD at 11:53 am and arriving LAS at 1:39 pm
--- End quote ---
I'm thinking that's the earliest possible combination arriving from Europe that day. Anything earlier will get teams in on the night of the 6th. Here's one that takes riskier connections, but ends up on the same final flight from Chicago into Las Vegas:
Prague to Frankfurt, LH 3267: 0600-0710
Frankfurt to Chicago, UA 945: 0825-1033
Chicago to Las Vegas, UA 551: 1153-1339
Both Lufthansa and United are Star Allance members.
I'm thinking this is the flight TPTB was going for. Any release time between the afternoon of the 6th and the morning of the next day would result in the same flight - basically an overnight bunch. Perfect set-up for the final leg.
Teams released on the evening of the 6th will find only one good flight (the Chicago one), and the arrival timing between 1pm and 1.45pm checks out.
--- End quote ---
And the decoy teams could make the earlier flights you mentioned, got to Las Vegas the night before and be rested to do a lot of work the next day. The decoys can leave Prague before a pit stop occurs and rest in Vegas.
Neobie:
Teams must be released after sunset of the 6th in Prague, so that they will miss this:
LH 3265 to Frankfurt, 1935-2045
LH 8188 to Chicago, 0215-0425
US 537 to Las Vegas, 0620-0805
... which gets them into Las Vegas too early. Decoys could be on this, as well as other earlier flights (eg Atlanta). Given that the Prague leg likely ends on the afternoon of the 5th, they should have plenty of time to get to Vegas first.
Does anyone know of any other overnight trans-Atlantic flights? These are rare, both departing and arriving in the middle of the night (eg this 0215-0425 Frankfurt-Chicago flight). That's the only way teams can get to Vegas before 1.39pm on the 7th. Might have to check Spain/Portugal-Latin America flights, but I think the rest of Europe is covered. Will edit if I find more info...
Chateau d If:
--- Quote ---Decoys could be on this, as well as other earlier flights (eg Atlanta).
--- End quote ---
You can bet all the fruit in Georgia that no teams went through Atlanta on August 6th :lol:
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