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‘Flying’ to Macau on a Boeing 929 Jetfoil
My favourite mode of transport in Hong Kong has to be the Boeing 929 Jetfoil – a passenger carrying waterjet-propelled hydrofoil that speeds across the waves between Hong Kong and Macau. About the Boeing 929 Jetfoil Boeing launched the first […]