Attention, all Techoboys and GeekGirls, information about the aircraft we flew in and the route we took to San Francisco follows:
The aircraft was a Boeing 747-800 (one of the 'stretch' jumbos that has a capacity of 416 passengers), mainly flying at a height of 38000 feet (11000 metres) and a ground speed of 550mph. This plane was the largest commercial passenger aircraft before the new Airbus A380 'SuperJumbo' came into service. For info (and a picture), please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747.
The flight route to San Francisco was north over Scotland, to Iceland, then to Greenland crossing into Canada north of Hudson Bay. Over Canada, we crossed directly over the Great Slave Lake, which is north of Edmonton, Alberta. [It was about here that we waved to our helicopter friend, Stuart, who is currently based in White Court, Alberta]. Passing close to Vancouver, the plane then turned south for San Francisco.
