Tuesday, April 13, 2010

trivia....

This one is for you Akash....:-)

 

          1. The longest non-stop flight -

    1) Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)

    18 hours, 30 minutes
    Singapore Airlines

    2) Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Singapore Changi Airport (SIN)

    18 hours, 30 minutes
    Singapore Airlines

    you guess it right :-)

     

    2. The shortest flight -

    Logan airways/British Airways flight 872, Westray-Papa Westray, Scotland,  - 2 minutes - covers 9 miles.

    I bet you did not know this one.

     

    3. The smallest nation -

    1st. Vatican City   - 0.2 square miles -surrounded by Rome and Italy.

    2nd. Monaco         - 0.7 square miles - along the French Riviera on the French Mediterranean coast near Nice.

    9th. Seychelles     - 107 square miles - Indian Ocean island.

         10th. Maldives       - 115 square miles

 

         will be back with more.....

1 comment:

Akash said...

you remembered :-) thanks :-)