The latest Qantas flight direct from Perth to London will be the shortest-ever passenger trip between the two countries when it launches in 2018.
At 17 hours, it brings our part of the world a little closer to Europe, but spare a thought for our ancestors who would board their vessel in London, and arrive down under more than six months later.
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Here's the journey, measured in days, through the ages, with the first airplane launching in 1935.
A three-hour layover doesn't seem so bad now, huh?
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