On 11 July 2010 EFLIGHT-2010, a chartered Airbus A319-115 LR/ACJ, remained within the umbral shadow of a total solar eclipse for 9 minutes and 23 seconds. The flight was organised by Eric Brown and astronomer Glenn Schneider (both USA) and executed by Skytraders Australia. It carried 36 passengers and 7 crew members to view totality over the Pacific Ocean some 1,500 miles east of Tahiti, at an altitude of 39,000 feet.
The aircraft with the largest cargo hold is the Airbus A300-600ST Super Transporter (‘Beluga’). The cargo deck has a volume of 1,400 m³ (49,440 ft³), and is 37.7 m (123 ft 8 in) long, with a maximum height and width of 7.1 m (23 ft 3 in). Its maximum payload weight is 47 tonnes (103,616 lb). The Super Transporter has an overall length of 56.15 m (184 ft 3 in) and wingspan of 44.84 m (147 ft 2 in), with a maximum takeoff weight of
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7:23.42 Grant Hackett (Australia) Melbourne, Australia, 20 July 2009
The first player to reach the level cap of 70 in World of WarCraft (Blizzard, 2004) is Gabriel Wael (France), who took less than 24 hours to hit the new target following the release of expansion pack World of WarCraft: The Burning Crusade (Blizzard, 2007) on 17 January 2007. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2011
187 kg Jang Mi-Ran (South Korea) Goyang, South Korea 28 Nov 2009
378 kg Lu Xiaojun (China) Goyang, South Korea 24 Nov 2009
174 kg Lu Xiaojun (China) Goyang, South Korea 24 Nov 2009
The Montreal Canadiens (Canada) and Boston Bruins (USA) are the only two teams in NHL history to score over 18,000 goals in its franchise history.
The Philadelphia Phillies (USA) became the first professional sports franchise ever to lose 10,000 games, dropping a 10-2 decision to the St. Louis Cardinals (USA) on 15 July 2007. The franchise has a long history of losing, having played – and lost – its first game in May 1883. The Phillies have won only one World Series (1980) in 125 years.
Colin Hill (UK) achieved 1,000 rolls by hand in 31 min 55.62 sec at Consett, Durham, UK on 12 March 1987. He also achieved 100 rolls in 2 min 39.2 sec at Crystal Palace, London on 22 February 1987