Log of The Rolling Stones Far East Tour of 1973

 



 

DATE

DAY

N7777G

CONCERT

REMARKS

18JAN73

THU

-

The Forum, Los Angeles

20JAN73

SAT

-

-

Rolling Stones fly to HNL.

21JAN73

SUN

-

Neil Blaisdell Center, Honolulu

22JAN73

MON

-

Neil Blaisdell Center, Honolulu (2 shows)

02FEB73

FRI

HOU-MIA

-

FT: 4:05 TT:33259:37. Owner shown as Transnational Cargo.

05FEB73

MON

MIA-LGB

-

FT: 10:25. Cargo was loaded at LGB.

06FEB73

TUE

LGB-HNL

-

FAA check in HNL.

06FEB73

TUE

HNL-PPG

-

FT: LGB-HNL-PPG 22:14

06FEB73

TUE

-

-

Rolling Stones depart LAX for SYD by airline.

07FEB73

WED

PPG-AKL

-

Cross IDL, arriving AKL 08FEB

09FEB73

FRI

-

-

Rolling Stones hold press conference in SYD.

11FEB73

SUN

-

Western Springs Stadium, Auckland

11FEB73

SUN

AKL-BNE

-

FT: PPG-AKL-BNE 14:21

14FEB73

WED

-

Milton Park Tennis Courts, Brisbane

15FEB73

THU

BNE-MEL

-

17FEB73

SAT

-

Kooyong Tennis Courts, Melbourne (2 shows)

18FEB73

SUN

-

Kooyong Tennis Courts, Melbourne

20FEB73

TUE

-

Memorial Drive Park, Adelaide

Engine ground run & service at MEL 19/20FEB. TT: 33310:15

21FEB73

WED

-

Memorial Drive Park, Adelaide

21FEB73

WED

MEL-ADL

-

Stage gear was trucked from MEL to ADL. FT: BNE-MEL-ADL 5:48

22FEB73

THU

ADL-PER

-

Group travelled on Ansett F.27 VH-FNO.

24FEB73

SAT

-

Western Australia Cricket Ground, Perth

25FEB73

SUN

PER-SYD

-

FT: ADL-PER-SYD 15:01

26FEB73

MON

-

Royal Randwick Racecourse, Sydney

27FEB73

TUE

-

Royal Randwick Racecourse, Sydney

28FEB73

WED

-

-

Rolling Stones depart SYD for various destinations.

01MAR73

THU

SYD-NAN

-

02MAR73

FRI

NAN-PPG

-

Cross IDL, arriving 01MAR. FT: SYD-NAN-PPG 11:52

02MAR73

FRI

PPG-HNL

-

Arrived 03MAR. FT: 11:19

05MAR73

MON

HNL-LGB

-

Lost #4 prop in sea and returned to HNL. FT: 9:21

22MAR73

THU

-

-

TT: 33359:58

24MAR73

SAT

HNL-LAX

-

FT: 11:46

31MAR73

SUN

LAX-LGB

-

LAX-LGB + local flying LGB FT:1:47

04APR73

WED

LGB-MIA

-

FT: 10:15. TT: 33383:46

 

ABBREVIATIONS 

 

MIA

Miami, Florida

LGB

Long Beach, California

HNL

Honolulu, Hawaii

PPG

Pago Pago, American Samoa

AKL

Auckland, New Zealand

BNE

Brisbane, Australia

MEL

Melbourne, Australia

ADL

Adelaide, Australia

PER

Perth, Australia

SYD

Sydney, Australia

NAN

Nadi, Fiji

LAX

Los Angeles, California

FT

Flight Time (hours:minutes)

TT

Total Time (hours:minutes)

IDL

International Date Line

 

 

 

N7777G Sector Times and Hours Flown

 

SECTOR

HR

MIN

FLYING TIME

LOG BOOK TOTAL TIME

ESTIMATED TOTAL TIME

AT

REMARKS

33259:37

MIA

MIA-LGB

10

25

LGB-PPG

22

14

PPG-BNE

14

21

SUB-TOT

46

60

47:00

33306:37

BNE

BNE-MEL

3

55

33310:15

33310:32

MEL

Sector time estimated from percentage of 5:48 over 1350km

MEL-ADL

1

53

Sector time estimated from percentage of 5:48 over 650km

ADL-SYD

15

01

SYD-PPG

11

52

PPG-HNL

11

19

HNL-HNL

9

21

SUB-TOT

51

141

53:21

33359:58

33363:36

HNL

HNL-LAX

11

46

LAX-LGB

1

47

LGB-MIA

10

15

SUB-TOT

22

108

23:48

TOTAL

124:09

33383:46

33387:24

MIA

 

 

Chronology of N7777G

The Stones' Connie

 

 

 

CONTRIBUTORS


Special thanks to Peter Marson, a world authority on Constellation and Super Constellation histories. Much of the information on this page was extracted from the log books of N7777G which survive with the aeroplane in the Science Museum at Wroughton, UK. This information was extracted by Peter Marson.

Peter Marson
Gordon Reid
Geoff Goodall
Ron Killick

 

 

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