Fascinating.
Posted on 03/26/2018 8:14:46 AM PDT by C19fan
I KNOW I shouldn’t think about it, I’ll scare myself to death but after seventeen hours in the air, I can’t get the worst case scenario out of my head.
No, not a plane crash. I am convinced that I am breathing more farts than air.
I’m on Qantas’ inaugural Perth to London flight, the longest to and from the UK, and the atmosphere in the pressurised tube I’ve been sharing with over 200 other bodies has gotten quite stale.
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With George Zip ?
Glad somebody got it. LOL
What else can you reply to that question? Love it.
Yes. The 787 Dreamliner IS a dream, compared to other aircraft.
I’ve made dozens of Pacific crossings via air. After the first eight or so hours, I’m pretty much numb.
So for me, it really doesn’t matter a lot whether the total flight time is 12 hours, 15 hrs or whatever.
Google “The Truculent Turtle” a Navy P2V patrol aircraft. Flew from Perth to Columbus, Ohio nonstop in September, 1946. A nonstop, non refueled distance of 11,235 miles in 55 hours, 17 minutes.
Go Navy!
There are duty regs, for a two man cockpit they schedule 2 for up to 8 hours scheduled flight time, 3 for 8 to 12 hours scheduled flight time and 4 for over 12 hour scheduled.
I flew from PIT to Capetown through ATL and Amsterdam...
About 23 hours of so in flight plus 2 brief layovers...
I feel for my fellow passengers as I could stand how I stunk by the end of the last leg.
Best advice for anyone going on a long-haul flight, is get some compression socks.
We spread things out a bit on this side of the Mississippi.
Fascinating.
Agree United is one of the worst airlines out there, I had to fly on them frequently from Hong Kong.
I would get an occasional reprieve from the warden and fly Cathay, it was amazing the difference.
Yes sir.
General W. A. Mann was the last one in ‘61.
Before the Mann, there were Gen. G. M. Randall, the Gen. Edwin d. Patrick, the Gen, Mason M. Patric and the Gen. William O. Darby.
Five ships. Six trips. One of them twice (I think it was the Darby...)
LOL, sure do.
Been there - done that. Still have the certificate hanging on the wall. Don't remember much of the trip, as I was just a toddler, then.
The other day, I came across a wallet size card proclaiming the bearer had crossed the International Date Line or some such...
I still have my 1956 International Date Line Club certificate issued by Northwest Orient Airlines & signed by Captain & Grand Pilot, I.D.L.C. (Seattle to Tokyo).
;^)
I have a pair of plastic chopsticks still in their Northwest Orient package...
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