Dont know if this helps but I was definatly on a QF 743 SYD-LAX non stop in 1996 and 1997. Dave MEL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grant McKenzie" <gjmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 8:17 PM Subject: Re: SP vs. 400 > I don't think they ever did this due to payload restrictions. With a > reasonable pax load the 200s and 300s always needed a stop in HNL. It > wasn't until the 400 was released that anybody could fly the Pacific non-stop. > > As an aside, I know the SP flew SYD-HNL-YVR but I don't recall them flying > to LAX. Could be wrong, though. > > Grant > SYD > QF > > > At 04:39 PM 05/08/03 -0400, you wrote: > >In a message dated 8/5/2003 1:30:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time, RWM@xxxxxxxxxx > >writes: > > > ><< Don't think so, but Qantas would now. It made JFK-NRT, for sure, > > but that's over 1000 miles shorter. >> > > > >Over 1000 miles shorter, with nice winds coming back to JFK > > > >Well, Grant, since you are the main regular Aussie, did QF ever fly a 742B or > >a 743 nonstop LAX-SYD or LAX-MEL? Or did they only do it with the SPs until > >the 744s came. Also, did the SPs have weight restrictions, or could they be > >loaded to the hilt? >