When going from the USA to Australia why do flights take such a long route across all the countries? Why not go the other way round? - Quora
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StratoCat on Twitter: "1st down was #HBAL476. It was launched from Puerto Rico on January 7th, spending many weeks navigating near the Kenyan coast. It was terminated over Central Australia on May
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