First of all, it's only about 2,100 miles (air distance) between Seattle and Pittsburgh and secondly, unless this flight went via the North Pole, there is no way it would have taken them 8 hours to cover that distance.
That said, I also once enjoyed one of these fantastic sandwiches many years ago and still remember it well.
From the article:Did they forget to retract the landing gear? 2,500 miles / 8 hours = 312.5 mph. That seems really slow for a 747.
Roughly 8 hours and 2,500 miles later, the flight crew landed in Pittsburgh to nosh on some sandwiches, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.
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And you thought there weren't any direct flights to PIT anymore.
Boeing should just go ahead and extend the upper deck hump all the way to the tail fin. That would up the passenger load by around 250. Plus it would look kinda neat. Ceartainly more stylish that the A380. That thing looks like a pregnant whale. Doesn’t have any great lines. Just your basic bloated, over-stuffed jet.
For a Primanny’s sammich its worth it.
It all starts with a $100 hamburger and the next thing you know they are out buying $100,000 sammiches.
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Heck.... they can call us for a ride to get a sandwich. We won’t mind!
I could understand flying to New York for a Reuben, but to Pittsburgh? What’s there sandwichwise?
‘Who would have thought to put fries and cole slaw on a sandwich?’ It was comfort food for me, something that reminded me of home.”
You make it sound like your momma thought of fries and cole slaw on a sandwich.