Although this doesn't jive with the Patagonian newspaper and could be a mistake...
England could potentially host the Birdman Rally in the preview, and a short train/ferry ride to our WWI battlefield!
Neobie, Liverpool is feasible and 392 miles from Paris (vs. 465 miles for Hamburg) and the Beatles ties to Liverpool are obvious.
Here are two sets of flight combinations from Sao Paulo to Liverpool via Munich and Amsterdam or London and Amsterdam:
LH505 GRU MUC 1440 0520+1
LH4690 MUC AMS 0635+1 0810+1 (note - KL1790 does the same route 0655 0845
KL1037 AMS LPL 1010 1035+1
JJ8084 GRU LHR 2350 1325+1
BD111 LHR AMS 1600+1 1820+1 (note - BA does the same route 1630+1 1845+1)
KL1045 AMS LPL 2035+1 2100+1
Here are sets of flight combinations from Buenos Aires to Liverpool via Madrid and Amsterdam:
IB6844 EZE MAD 2240 1430+1
IB3250 MAD AMS 1550+1 1820+1 (note - KL1704 does the same route 1655 1940)
KL1045 AMS LPL 2035+1 2100+1
There is also another equivalent route through Rome and Amsterdam that provides nothing different in terms of departure or arrival times. My conclusion, as previously stated, is that GRU is a superior place to take the north-north-east transatlantic crossing unless you could not get there before 2pm.
I have found something truly extraordinary for flights from London nonstop to Liverpool - they do not exist, not just from Heathrow but form any of the several London area airports. I have to assume that BritRail has created this situation. If AR16 teams were allowed to, they should not be going from London to Amsterdam to get to Liverpool, as that is ridiculous. They should get to London's Euston station and take BritRail to Liverpool's Lime Street station. THis train departs 1607 and arrives 1815.
It does not make a lot of sense for AR16 teams to fly from Liverpool to a WWI battlefield in northern France. The logical place to arrive would be Lille and it takes 6 hours and 2 connections to get there. It makes more sense for a train from Liverpool to the Chunnel, then probably in Lille making connections to go by rail to Amiens or Arras.
Here is a list of Eurostar trains from London - St. Pancras to Lille:
06:20 09:07 01h47m 9108
08:27 10:54 01h27m 9120
11:04 13:26 01h22m 9126
12:57 15:24 01h27m 9132
14:04 16:24 01h20m 9030
On the front of that is the schedule from Liverpool to London from 6am to noon:
Liverpool Lime Street London Euston 2/02/10 - 06:05 2/02/10 - 08:22 2 h 17 min Regular 0605
Liverpool Lime Street London Euston 2/02/10 - 07:00 2/02/10 - 09:01 2 h 1 min Regular 0700
Liverpool Lime Street London Euston 2/02/10 - 07:48 2/02/10 - 09:56 2 h 8 min Regular 0748
Liverpool Lime Street London Euston 2/02/10 - 08:48 2/02/10 - 10:56 2 h 8 min Regular 0848
Liverpool Lime Street London Euston 2/02/10 - 09:48 2/02/10 - 11:56 2 h 8 min Regular 0948
Liverpool Lime Street London Euston 2/02/10 - 10:48 2/02/10 - 12:58 2 h 10 min Regular 1048
Liverpool Lime Street London Euston 2/02/10 - 11:48 2/02/10 - 13:56 2 h 8 min Regular 1148
from Euston station, a brief London subway ride will get you to St. Pancras station for the departure of the Eurostar trains.
Lille is the major city and transit hub for northern France, so it will be easy to get trains going to a lot of places. We do not yet know which battlefield was selected, but it will probably be on of these:
Aisne
Argonne Forest/Meuse River
Arras (several battles of the Somme were actually a little south of the city in addition to being in it)
Amiens
Belleau Woods (thanks, Dr. Rox, I forgot that one)
Cambrai
Champagne
Chateau-Thierry
Le Cateau
Guise
Loos-en-Gohel
the Marne region
Messines
Neuve Chapel
the Somme region/Peronne/Picardy
St. Mihiel
Verdun
Vimy Ridge
Verdun
