Oprah's arr wich one ???

[Grahame Hutchison]

I have my money on N54SL for Oprah's trip to Australia. This aircraft is owned by Harpo Inc in Chicago, and "Oprah" is a registered tradmark of Harpo Inc.

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[Philip Argy]

And just in case it wasn't obvious, Harpo is Oprah spelled backwards. Interestingly, her Bombardier Global Express is powered by two Rolls Royce turbo-fan engines ...

Actually, it's quite an impressive long range business jet:
http://www.aerospace-technology.com/...bal/specs.html

[Nigel C]

The new G650 is also powered by the same engines, and Rolls Royce has a relatively long history of supplying engines to the ultra long range bizjet market.

What's the connection/implication you're trying to make here Philip?

[Andrew M]

I found it interesting

[Philip Argy]

Well, she was slated to travel on an A380 with her studio audience, but due to a problem with a certain Rolls Royce engine, those plans got ditched and the A380s declared unusable for ex-LAX operations. So now her audience and production crew are on their way from Chicago to Sydney in two 744s and she is coming in a somewhat more private but nevertheless Rolls Royce-powered Global Express bizjet.

Must say something about my lateral thinking if no-one else besides Andrew M sees any irony in the Rolls Royce connection - that's what made it interesting for me anyway!

[Stuart Trevena]

Hi All,

Given the range of the Bombardier BD-700-1A10 "Global Express", which according to specs is 11,130km, 11,390km and using Great Circle website, it shows LAX - SYD to be 12,051kms where would she re-fuel?
HNL maybe??

Stuart

[Ray P.]

Originally Posted by Andrew M

Well your typical Oprah viewer is not going to even be able to afford to fly here! ...

Not true. My understanding is that the typical Oprah fan belongs to the middle-class female demographic who have high levels of disposable income. It is for that reason that Oprah is so successful; when she identifies her support for a product, her fans buy it.

[Matt R]

Originally Posted by Philip Argy

her audience and production crew are on their way from Chicago to Sydney in two 744s

from www.syd.com.au:

QF7552 Chicago - Honolulu
Scheduled: 6/12/2010 7:05am
Estimated: 7/12/2010 10:05pm

QF7554 Chicago - Honolulu
Scheduled: 7/12/2010 10:05pm
Estimated: 8/12/2010 8:00am

Edit: Or are they just the normal freighters?

[Philip Argy]

Only 7 more sleeps ...

[Peter Agatsiotis]

On the TV news this morning they said that Oprah will fly to Melbourne on Friday so we will probably have her in Sydney over the weekend.