FedEx Deadline Delivery
01-21-2010, 07:38 AM
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FedEx Deadline Delivery
FedEx plays a starring role in the History Channel program "Deadline Delivery" which will air this week.
In the hour-long episode, a hospital patient is waiting in New York City for a radioactive pharmaceutical from China that could save her life. The program follows FedEx team members around they world as they fight the clock to ensure the life-saving shipment is delivered.
The History Channel will re-broadcast the show at the following times (U.S. Eastern Time):
•January 23 – 5 p.m.
In the hour-long episode, a hospital patient is waiting in New York City for a radioactive pharmaceutical from China that could save her life. The program follows FedEx team members around they world as they fight the clock to ensure the life-saving shipment is delivered.
The History Channel will re-broadcast the show at the following times (U.S. Eastern Time):
•January 23 – 5 p.m.
Last edited by Freightbird; 01-21-2010 at 07:48 AM. Reason: showtime accuracy
01-21-2010, 08:02 AM
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Watched this program last night. I was totally blown away by the inaccuracies and outright fabrications that were portrayed. Example: Flight from ANC-MEM was overweight so they dropped a "sweep flight" into ANC to pick up the extra? Package was going to NYC so why route it through MEM insted of EWR? They also portrayed the international date line as some kind of time warp that allowed the plane to go backwards in time to make the delivery cutoff. They said the dateline was "discovered" by Magellan back in the 16th century when he returned from his round the world voyage to find his ship's log showed him being gone one day less than records kept in his home port. Talk about time dilation!
I turned the show off before it was finished. It was so ridiculous.
I turned the show off before it was finished. It was so ridiculous.
01-21-2010, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by ClutchCargo
Watched this program last night. I was totally blown away by the inaccuracies and outright fabrications that were portrayed. Example: Flight from ANC-MEM was overweight so they dropped a "sweep flight" into ANC to pick up the extra? Package was going to NYC so why route it through MEM insted of EWR? They also portrayed the international date line as some kind of time warp that allowed the plane to go backwards in time to make the delivery cutoff. They said the dateline was "discovered" by Magellan back in the 16th century when he returned from his round the world voyage to find his ship's log showed him being gone one day less than records kept in his home port. Talk about time dilation!
I turned the show off before it was finished. It was so ridiculous.
I turned the show off before it was finished. It was so ridiculous.
The international dateline bit was and is correct:
The International Date Line
International Date Line
You have to remember, no one was wearing wristwatches or carrying cell phones back then. They simply counted sunrises/sunsets.
01-21-2010, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by ClutchCargo
Package was going to NYC so why route it through MEM insted of EWR? .
01-21-2010, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ClutchCargo
Watched this program last night. I was totally blown away by the inaccuracies and outright fabrications that were portrayed. Example: Flight from ANC-MEM was overweight so they dropped a "sweep flight" into ANC to pick up the extra? Package was going to NYC so why route it through MEM insted of EWR? They also portrayed the international date line as some kind of time warp that allowed the plane to go backwards in time to make the delivery cutoff. They said the dateline was "discovered" by Magellan back in the 16th century when he returned from his round the world voyage to find his ship's log showed him being gone one day less than records kept in his home port. Talk about time dilation!
I turned the show off before it was finished. It was so ridiculous.
I turned the show off before it was finished. It was so ridiculous.
01-21-2010, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by AerisArmis
Dunno...maybe ANC-MEM-JFK was quicker? Our ANC-EWR flt gets in about 0230. Possible explanation....or not.
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01-21-2010, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Freightbird
FedEx plays a starring role in the History Channel program "Deadline Delivery" which will air this week.
In the hour-long episode, a hospital patient is waiting in New York City for a radioactive pharmaceutical from China that could save her life. The program follows FedEx team members around they world as they fight the clock to ensure the life-saving shipment is delivered.
The History Channel will re-broadcast the show at the following times (U.S. Eastern Time):
•January 23 – 5 p.m.
In the hour-long episode, a hospital patient is waiting in New York City for a radioactive pharmaceutical from China that could save her life. The program follows FedEx team members around they world as they fight the clock to ensure the life-saving shipment is delivered.
The History Channel will re-broadcast the show at the following times (U.S. Eastern Time):
•January 23 – 5 p.m.
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