[ARCHIVED THREAD] - The longest flight... (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 3/31/2017 4:16:49 PM EDT
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Getting ready to get on a plane. 16 hours.
My previous record was 11 and it sucked. I have TPB Season 11 downloaded and purchased the $30 wifi for ARFCOM surfing. What's your longest? |
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I'm going to NZ next year around this time. From LAX though. Since I used CC points for the flight I sprung for the first class upgrade. I'll be drinking heavily and going to sleep. Quoted:
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Boston to New Zealand JFK to Sydney JFK to Shanghai Since I used CC points for the flight I sprung for the first class upgrade. I'll be drinking heavily and going to sleep. |
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My longest was Elmendorf AFB, Alaska to Rock Hampton, Australia. About twenty hours, two tankers, and then about 30 minutes over the drop zone before landing.
I was in #2 of a 6 ship formation. It took us almost ten hours to get all six jets gassed up with the tiny regional airport fuel trucks. At least I could lay down in the crew rest area up stairs. I felt bad for the Army dudes crammed in the back with all thier gear, then they had to jump out the damn thing. God bless 'em. |
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17 hours. Chitcago to Joberg...with a 4 hour delay in Asa due to the locals having a bit of a firefight in the area.
Back then, South African airways 747's were only half booked, and the crew encouraged finding unoccupied seating to stretch out on and snooze....as well as partaking of as many Castle and Lions as you wish, so it wasn't bad. Being jammed into an airbus with a sweating fatbody American on each side for 7hours, is much, much worse. 
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LA to Sydney was something like 15-16 hours but it wasn't bad in business class. Its still just crazy getting eight hours of sleep and waking up to see you have seven hours of flight time left.
One time I managed to sleep the ENTIRE flight from Tokyo narita to Atlanta. In economy aisle seat but with no one next to me. The guy sitting across the aisle next to me couldn't believe it. Lol. |
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ATL to Johannesburg, baby. Economy class. At least the guy next to us was entertaining. Dude had driven all over Africa and survived being white.
Almost 20 hours in the air on the way back. Add in time waiting to take off and deplane, and it was more like 23 hours. Did I mention it was economy class? Work was paying for the tickets, so economy it was.
Fuck you, dude who reclined. |
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Civilian flight- about 15 hours LAX to Munich. Also did LAX to Zurich, about the same. I pop a sleeping pill at the beginning, helps make it go by faster.
Longest flight ever was about 21 hours on a C-17 from Anchorage to Thailand, which ended with an airborne assault on an airfield. That was a looooong fucking flight. |
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The one in my buddy's plane when the oil pressure went to zero. I knew something was wrong when he said "huh" and started tapping on one of the gauges. It wasn't that long, but it felt like an eternity. Good news! The gauge broke! No water was found in the sumps before or after the flight, and no issues with the fuel system were found. I was about 17 at the time and didn't think twice about it. Now? Fuck that single engine night shit. |
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14 hours Sydney to Los Angeles. I recently spent 33 hours flying in 6 different aircraft in two days. Longest for me is Tokyo. 14 hours over nothing but ocean was not fun, especially with a sake hangover from binge drinking. Bad idea...even in business class. |
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I can't imagine being cooped up in an airplane for that long The passengers have both walking room and room to lie down, lucky bastards. |
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17 hours. Chitcago to Joberg...with a 4 hour delay in Asa due to the locals having a bit of a firefight in the area. Back then, South African airways 747's were only half booked, and the crew encouraged finding unoccupied seating to stretch out on and snooze....as well as partaking of as many Castle and Lions as you wish, so it wasn't bad. Being jammed into an airbus with a sweating fatbody American on each side for 7hours, is much, much worse. And there I was in the middle of it, naturally they put me in the same section as these twats. The cops were waiting at Cape Verde for them and we went on to J-berg. My longest was probably in a C-5 from Turkey to Dover flying against the jet stream. Had to be 16 hours. These new triple 7's can fly about 18 hours and reach about anywheres non-stop. |
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My sister is in Sydney and that's the only way I'll go. I'm not doing a direct from Houston, no way. Longest for me is Tokyo. 14 hours over nothing but ocean was not fun, especially with a sake hangover from binge drinking. Bad idea...even in business class. |
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Johannesburg to Atlanta. I think it was like 16 or 17 hours. I was stuck in between two guys that didn't fit into their seats.
Longest total trip was Kansas City to Llongwe, Malawi. 24 total hours in the air. 48 hours travel time including layovers. KC-MInneapolis-Heathrow-Addis Abba-Llongwe. Only thing that was cool was I got to ride on a 787 on the return trip. |
My longest was childs play compared to some of these, 7 hours Paris to DC. Still felt like hell. 
My wife and her dad just did a trip to SE Asia though, JFK to Taipei and then all manner of connections from there. She was either on a plane or running to one for 24 hours on either end of that mess. |
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Probably doesn't count, but when I went to catch my last ship in the Navy, I had to go from Gulfport, MS to Singpore.
Gulfport -> Nashville -> Seattle (or Portland can't recall which) -> Tokyo -> Singapore I think it was 24 hours total travel time. I was a zombie when I got there. I almost cried when we took off from Tokyo and the stewardess said it was 8 hours flight time. I think I just started pounding beers until I could sleep. That was early 1990. |
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ATL to Johannesburg, baby. Economy class. At least the guy next to us was entertaining. Dude had driven all over Africa and survived being white. Almost 20 hours in the air on the way back. Add in time waiting to take off and deplane, and it was more like 23 hours. Did I mention it was economy class? Work was paying for the tickets, so economy it was.
Fuck you, dude who reclined. Did this in 1999. No internet, no downloaded movies, none of that shit. The plane didn't even have a tv. I listened to a Walkman until the batteries died. |
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16.5 hours, Sidney to Los Angeles. First class with lay-flat seats. Funny thing is, thanks to the international date line, we landed "before" we took off. |
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C-121(4 engine turboprop) Travis AFB, Calif. to Tachikawa(sp)AFB, Japan with stops at Hickam Field and Wake Island. Flying time was about 30 hours if memory serves me right. This was in 1963. That was my first plane trip. |