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TAR 17 Speculation
Zack.:
The intermediate destination trend was done mainly to ease the burden of going through US customs; given how busy LAX is, I doubt they would just use it as an intermediate stop for customs (especially since they would have crew doubling back to get back to WRP).
woden:
--- Quote from: the-pr0phet on November 18, 2010, 12:36:29 PM ---Remember in the TAR 11 final, the teams flew from Guam to Honolulu but were helicoptered to Lanai for the Detour and then flew to San Francisco for the final task. Finals can be pretty spread out, this kind of final set up has been used in other years too.
Such as TAR 9 when they came from Tokyo to Anchorage and then back to Denver or TAR 10 in which the final included Paris. TAR 6 final was very similar to 11 because they went from China to Hawaii, performed tasks there, then flew to Chicago to the finish line.
Last years was just an easy one. In the past few years they have been keeping the final in the same place but they could be going back to old ways in this one.
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Also worth keeping in mind: TAR 9 was a two hour finale and TAR 10/11 were 28 and 27 day races. With the roughly 21-day race and the one hour finale pretty firmly in place, a 3-destination finale doesn't seem likely to come back.
Prophet:
--- Quote from: Zack. on November 18, 2010, 03:02:58 PM ---The intermediate destination trend was done mainly to ease the burden of going through US customs; given how busy LAX is, I doubt they would just use it as an intermediate stop for customs (especially since they would have crew doubling back to get back to WRP).
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But with the choppers in the air we have to consider other, more rural areas in Cali. There are plenty of areas like Death Valley or Yosemite. Those are probably too heavily trafficked though, we would have a sighting.
What are the logistics involved in flying a chopper over the border to Mexico and then hopping back over for the finish line?
Or there is always San Diego or Phoenix, landing at LAX could be a throw off.
Prophet:
--- Quote from: woden on November 18, 2010, 03:10:13 PM ---
--- Quote from: the-pr0phet on November 18, 2010, 12:36:29 PM ---Remember in the TAR 11 final, the teams flew from Guam to Honolulu but were helicoptered to Lanai for the Detour and then flew to San Francisco for the final task. Finals can be pretty spread out, this kind of final set up has been used in other years too.
Such as TAR 9 when they came from Tokyo to Anchorage and then back to Denver or TAR 10 in which the final included Paris. TAR 6 final was very similar to 11 because they went from China to Hawaii, performed tasks there, then flew to Chicago to the finish line.
Last years was just an easy one. In the past few years they have been keeping the final in the same place but they could be going back to old ways in this one.
--- End quote ---
Also worth keeping in mind: TAR 9 was a two hour finale and TAR 10/11 were 28 and 27 day races. With the roughly 21-day race and the one hour finale pretty firmly in place, a 3-destination finale doesn't seem likely to come back.
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In TAR 9 it looked like a two hour final on TV but leg 11 was a regular leg and Lake Yamanaka was a regular PS. In this era they would just have played the Japan leg in the previous week. All the stops that I mentioned happened in episode 12.
florida:
Where would you take a helicopter ride from L.A. out to....? [These sound the most credible.]
--- Quote ---We also are highly trained in aerial photography and video work for film and television. If you need a helicopter for a background scene or any sort of advertising or promotional campaign, look no further than Elite Helicopter Tours
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http://www.elitehelicoptertours.com/ (Out of Van Nuys)
They also do custom jobs.
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There is also this company which does charter flights to Big Bear and Palm Springs (to name a few)...
http://www.lahelicopters.com/flight-services-charter.html (Out of Long Beach)
And this one, out of Hawthorne (just down the road from LAX)
http://www.lahelicopters.com/flight-services-charter.html
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