FWIW, my longest flight was from Hong Kong to Chicago. 14 hours. Good thing I was in business class and the drinks were free.
Posted on 01/27/2016 1:06:10 PM PST by C19fan
Did you fly military or civilian?
Thanks for the invite. But the Jennifer whats-her-name jokes write themselves. :-)
They will have is this gets approved.
Mine: LAX-HKG 15 hrs going, N to AK then S...about 12 1/2 back trans-Pacific, I think the Jetstream...pretty rough over mid-ocean
The world’s longest flight is a transoceanic flight stuck between two fat, smelly, rude, obnoxious passengers. I’m glad my flying days are over.
I had a FRA - DFW take 14 hours one time in an Airbus. (Can’t recall if it was a 330 or a 340) plus a big swing way to the north.
RR engines are terrific. A stellar line of power plants starting with the incomparable Merlin.
FWIW, my longest flight was from Hong Kong to Chicago. 14 hours. Good thing I was in business class and the drinks were free.
Well - it’s either that or stay stuck in Doha!
Yeah - and it’s the entire Star Wars chronology.
I flew LA to Seoul. Over 16 hrs IIRC.
Flying against the jetstream always makes for a longer trip. Also, if your flight route did not follow the northern route, that also adds distance to the flight.
Coming home on my mid-tour leave from Korea I flew Space A on a MAC C-5. Non-stop from Yakota to Travis was a little over 10 hours. Flew out of Osan on another airlifter to Japan, spent the night at Yakota, then caught the C-5 to Cali. Flew home commercial from San Francisco to Virginia. Rear-facing seats on the troop deck of the C-5 and out “flight attendant” was a grump loadmaster handing out box lunches.
On one trip to Seoul I jumped over to Tokyo on the way back. Flew a 747 home with about fifty passengers. A typhoon or something canceled connecting flights and there was hardly anyone on the plane. Now that was attentive service.
I don’t think Vegetable Lasagna would make it.
And someone would go home in a body bag.
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