Simviation Forums

August 18th 2006, Malaysia 94 Heavy slowing down on runway 24L at approximately 7:20PM in Los Angeles after a long 14 hour Pacific crossing from Taipei, Taiwan.

My first flight was in a tube, and I didn't want it to end,

but then again, I wasn't in it for 16hrs!

I imagine that has to be a real test of endurance for anyone with claustrophobia. 

Nice shot, definitely one of the best seats to have at the end of a long ride.   [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[quote]I imagine that has to be a real test of endurance for anyone with claustrophobia.

My first flight was in a tube, and I didn't want it to end,

but then again, I wasn't in it for 16hrs!

I found out its not to bad when the long haul is your first flight instead of the last...Going over took some 32+ hours from FWA-DFW-LAX-TPE...all but around 8 hours of that was spent on aircraft...What I didn't realize when booking the tickets is that for some reason Malaysia Airlines takes a southern more strait line track from LAX-TPE-LAX...Pretty much all the other airlines take a northern circle close to Alaska/Korea etc...But Malaysia passes not to far north of Hawaii instead...that adds an extra hour-hour and a half to the flight time.