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1. Background Land Fill Water Fill Range Capability To/From Hong Kong Land Start Water Start Start Circle Mexico City Mexico City Seattle Seattle Los Angeles Los Angeles 6,000 nm London London Madrid Madrid Rome Rome 5,000 nm Honolulu Honolulu 4,000 nm HONG KONG HONG KONG 2,000 nm Luanda Luanda Nairobi Nairobi Papeete Papeete Cape Town Cape Town Sydney Sydney Auckland Auckland Legend: 5863, 4883, 3903, 1943 NMI Map Range: 6449 NMI This is a Range Capability chart that shows how far an airplane with a design range of 6,000 , 5,000 , 4,000 or 2,000 would be able to operate out and in of Honk Kong

2. Background Land Fill Water Fill Range Capability To/From Hong Kong Land Start Water Start Same chart but longitude and latitude lines have been added Water Done Start Circle Mexico City Mexico City Seattle Seattle Los Angeles Los Angeles 6,000 nm London London Madrid Madrid Rome Rome 5,000 nm Honolulu Honolulu 4,000 nm HONG KONG HONG KONG 2,000 nm Luanda Luanda Nairobi Nairobi Papeete Papeete Cape Town Cape Town Sydney Sydney Auckland Auckland Legend: 5863, 4883, 3903, 1943 NMI Map Range: 6449 NMI

3. Background Land Fill Water Fill Range Capability To/From Hong Kong Land Start Water Start Water Done Start Circle Caracas Caracas 6,000 nm New York New York Atlanta Atlanta 7,000 nm Mexico City Mexico City Seattle Seattle Los Angeles Los Angeles London London Madrid Madrid 8,000 nm Rome Rome Honolulu Honolulu 9,000 nm HONG KONG HONG KONG Luanda Luanda Nairobi Nairobi Papeete Papeete 10,000 nm Cape Town Cape Town Sydney Sydney Auckland Auckland Legend: 5863, 6843, 7823, 8803, 9783 NMI Map Range: 10761 NMI On this chart the shorter ranges has been replaced with Sonic Cruiser ranges.