Your longest plane ride ever (travel dick measuring thread)?
7,417 miles // 14 hr 55 mins
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LAX to Hong Kong ... was back in 1994 and I was lucky enough to have a window seat on the right side of the 747-400 as it flew the famous checkerboard approach.
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I would have thought this longer than going to Australia. But is shorter by a couple hundred miles. People forget how much latitude is covered to get down to Sydney.PurpleBaze said:LAX to Hong Kong ... was back in 1994 and I was lucky enough to have a window seat on the right side of the 747-400 as it flew the famous checkerboard approach.
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I knew it wasn't as long as SFO to Sydney. United has a Houston to SYD flight on the 787 at 20 hours and 24 minutes. Fuck that! It's got DVT written all over it.YellowSnow said:
I would have thought this longer than going to Australia. But is shorter by a couple hundred miles. People forget how much latitude is covered to get down to Sydney.PurpleBaze said:LAX to Hong Kong ... was back in 1994 and I was lucky enough to have a window seat on the right side of the 747-400 as it flew the famous checkerboard approach.
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That's bonkers. 787-9 has a range of 9159 miles so they only have like 600 miles of reserve gas.PurpleBaze said:
I knew it wasn't as long as SFO to Sydney. United has a Houston to SYD flight on the 787 at 20 hours and 24 minutes. Fuck that! It's got DVT written all over it.YellowSnow said:
I would have thought this longer than going to Australia. But is shorter by a couple hundred miles. People forget how much latitude is covered to get down to Sydney.PurpleBaze said:LAX to Hong Kong ... was back in 1994 and I was lucky enough to have a window seat on the right side of the 747-400 as it flew the famous checkerboard approach.
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Kona. That's what, 6 hours?
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4,835 miles
Seattle to Copenhagen -
DerekJohnson said:
4,835 miles
Seattle to CopenhagenSomething is rotten ina dirty rainy afternoon in Denmark? -
two-hour layover followed by a flight to De Gaulle in ParisYellowSnow said:DerekJohnson said:4,835 miles
Seattle to CopenhagenSomething is rotten ina dirty rainy afternoon in Denmark? -
I break my rule about non stop flights when it comes to going international ... 8-10 hours Max unless it can’t be avoided
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Fine, I'll do the needful to this thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewRjZoRtu0Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbt2G71uT1M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKdknYaSHgE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VQ_3sBZEm0&list=RDcfSbEj93MZ8&index=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV8IAOojoAA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4s6H4ku6ZY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFks9A9TCF0
And of course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqV-embx_tA -
Seatac to Amsterdam, 4886 miles. Didn't sleep at all because planes suck.
Scariest was my first flight ever: Seatac to LAX was uneventful, but then LAX to Guadalajara... that's an awful short runway and steep approach.
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10 and change, Frankfurt to Seattle, same for Paris-SEA. My 'Longest Day Ever" was SEA to Miami (5.5), hour-layover, Miami to Santiago (8.5). I get queasy thinking about it...
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I think @swaye is gonna win this one though.
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My longest flight, now that I think about it, was Bellingham to San Diego. Was supposed to be about 2 1/2 hours, but instead the runway at San Diego was fogged in, so we circled until nearly out of fuel and then were diverted to Palm Springs. I didn't know this, but I do now: You can't just land a plane at an airport and unload. These transactions are negotiated in advance, so a surprise landing is kind of a big deal. We sat on the runway for two hours waiting for an agent from the airline to meet with the an agent for the airport to negotiate for fuel. Then, once fueled, there were more negotiations to figure out if we could get off the plane. After hour three--with a six year old and an eight year old to entertain in an aluminum tube--they let us get out and explore the now closed airport. No food available, no booze available. Couldn't rent a car and just drive the couple hours to San Diego, as the rental car desks were closed and the airline hadn't negotiated for baggage handlers to unload the plane.
After about an hour, it was back on the plane. The gate attendants told us they were packing it in and flying us to Vegas for the night. The pilot told us he was going to take one more shot at San Diego, which he did. Successfully.
Took off from Bellingham at some time around noon, landed in San Diego after 11:00. /csb -
Nope. Hell you beat me. Longest single leg for me is LAX to Sydney. That said, it was 5.5 hrs to LAX from IAD (DC) with a layover. Painful.YellowSnow said:I think @swaye is gonna win this one though.
One year, 2017 I believe, I did the IAD to Tokyo (15 hours just shy of LAX-SYD I believe) to Singapore and back flight THREE FUCKING TIMS!!!!!
It's 15 hours direct from Dulles to Tokyo, 5 hour layover, then another 7 to Singapore. It's 33 hours from home to hotel, and then do it all again in reverse 5 days later. And I did it 3 fucking tims in a calendar year. Lucky for me United splits that route with ANA, so at least on some legs I had hot Japanese geisha girls. Needless to say, I was Platinum 1K that year. I also did it all in lay flats in business class. Doing that flight back to back in coach is suicide worthy. -
What did you fly, and what was its fuel range? F15?Swaye said:
Nope. Hell you beat me. Longest single leg for me is LAX to Sydney. That said, it was 5.5 hrs to LAX from IAD (DC) with a layover. Painful.YellowSnow said:I think @swaye is gonna win this one though.
One year, 2017 I believe, I did the IAD to Tokyo (15 hours just shy of LAX-SYD I believe) to Singapore and back flight THREE FUCKING TIMS!!!!!
It's 15 hours direct from Dulles to Tokyo, 5 hour layover, then another 7 to Singapore. It's 33 hours from home to hotel, and then do it all again in reverse 5 days later. And I did it 3 fucking tims in a calendar year. Lucky for me United splits that route with ANA, so at least on some legs I had hot Japanese geisha girls. Needless to say, I was Platinum 1K that year. I also did it all in lay flats in business class. Doing that flight back to back in coach is suicide worthy. -
While not one flight, I once went from New York to Austin to Atlanta to Mexico City to LAX to Seoul to Dubai to Amsterdam to New York in the name of pumping gas.
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F181to392831weretaken said:
What did you fly, and what was its fuel range? F15?Swaye said:
Nope. Hell you beat me. Longest single leg for me is LAX to Sydney. That said, it was 5.5 hrs to LAX from IAD (DC) with a layover. Painful.YellowSnow said:I think @swaye is gonna win this one though.
One year, 2017 I believe, I did the IAD to Tokyo (15 hours just shy of LAX-SYD I believe) to Singapore and back flight THREE FUCKING TIMS!!!!!
It's 15 hours direct from Dulles to Tokyo, 5 hour layover, then another 7 to Singapore. It's 33 hours from home to hotel, and then do it all again in reverse 5 days later. And I did it 3 fucking tims in a calendar year. Lucky for me United splits that route with ANA, so at least on some legs I had hot Japanese geisha girls. Needless to say, I was Platinum 1K that year. I also did it all in lay flats in business class. Doing that flight back to back in coach is suicide worthy.
About 500-600 miles depending on how you throttled it. It is not known for its legs. -
Sounds like there were some logistics involved in the whole episode1to392831weretaken said:My longest flight, now that I think about it, was Bellingham to San Diego. Was supposed to be about 2 1/2 hours, but instead the runway at San Diego was fogged in, so we circled until nearly out of fuel and then were diverted to Palm Springs. I didn't know this, but I do now: You can't just land a plane at an airport and unload. These transactions are negotiated in advance, so a surprise landing is kind of a big deal. We sat on the runway for two hours waiting for an agent from the airline to meet with the an agent for the airport to negotiate for fuel. Then, once fueled, there were more negotiations to figure out if we could get off the plane. After hour three--with a six year old and an eight year old to entertain in an aluminum tube--they let us get out and explore the now closed airport. No food available, no booze available. Couldn't rent a car and just drive the couple hours to San Diego, as the rental car desks were closed and the airline hadn't negotiated for baggage handlers to unload the plane.
After about an hour, it was back on the plane. The gate attendants told us they were packing it in and flying us to Vegas for the night. The pilot told us he was going to take one more shot at San Diego, which he did. Successfully.
Took off from Bellingham at some time around noon, landed in San Diego after 11:00. /csb -
Chinned for leaving on a jet plane.dnc said:Fine, I'll do the needful to this thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewRjZoRtu0Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbt2G71uT1Mhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKdknYaSHgEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VQ_3sBZEm0&list=RDcfSbEj93MZ8&index=20https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV8IAOojoAAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4s6H4ku6ZYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFks9A9TCF0
And of coursehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqV-embx_tA -
SFO to Singapore 8446 miles, 17 hours. 5 drinks, 5 movies
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Huh. I would have though one of the flights to the ME to kill bugs would have been up there.Swaye said:
Nope. Hell you beat me. Longest single leg for me is LAX to Sydney. That said, it was 5.5 hrs to LAX from IAD (DC) with a layover. Painful.YellowSnow said:I think @swaye is gonna win this one though.
One year, 2017 I believe, I did the IAD to Tokyo (15 hours just shy of LAX-SYD I believe) to Singapore and back flight THREE FUCKING TIMS!!!!!
It's 15 hours direct from Dulles to Tokyo, 5 hour layover, then another 7 to Singapore. It's 33 hours from home to hotel, and then do it all again in reverse 5 days later. And I did it 3 fucking tims in a calendar year. Lucky for me United splits that route with ANA, so at least on some legs I had hot Japanese geisha girls. Needless to say, I was Platinum 1K that year. I also did it all in lay flats in business class. Doing that flight back to back in coach is suicide worthy.
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My standard long haul business class flight:DawgsCanDance said:SFO to Singapore 8446 miles, 17 hours. 5 drinks, 5 movies
Flute of champagne before taxi
Jam on flight attendant call button the moment the wheels are in the wells for a rum and coke
Take the wine AND beer with the dinner selection
Ask for a double shot of Baileys rocks with the desert tray
Watch movie. Pass out somewhere around the start.
Wake up. Piss.
Find out when breakfast is. Have two mimosas, one before one after.
Stagger off plane and fall down on jetway.
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I always had to fly with the pours in steerage before shacking up with Mrs Snow. Then it was bidness class on long hauls from there on out.Swaye said:
My standard long haul business class flight:DawgsCanDance said:SFO to Singapore 8446 miles, 17 hours. 5 drinks, 5 movies
Flute of champagne before taxi
Jam on flight attendant call button the moment the wheels are in the wells for a rum and coke
Take the wine AND beer with the dinner selection
Ask for a double shot of Baileys rocks with the desert tray
Watch movie. Pass out somewhere around the start.
Wake up. Piss.
Find out when breakfast is. Have two mimosas, one before one after.
Stagger off plane and fall down on jetway.
Victory.
And let me tell you this, Kemesabe, me in coach ain't like you in coach. -
Most expensive plane ride....
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Wow! That's a really clean airplane ... & nice avionics package.
