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Re: Your longest flight?

Postby microlight » Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:04 pm

Just did Heathrow to Singapore in a A380, and will follow on with Singapore to Adelaide in a 767. (I use 16x compression in cruise though!)

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Re: Your longest flight?

Postby Rich H » Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:20 pm

Murmansk to Alaska 8-) Might have been on autopilot all the way though.
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Re: Your longest flight?

Postby Capt.Propwash » Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:30 pm

5 stop hop in an C-17

KCHS Charleston AFB, SC > KDMA Davis Mothan AFB, AZ

KDMA > KEDW Edwards AFB, CA

KEDW > KTCM McChord AFB, WA

KTCM > PAED, Elemdorf AFB, Alaska

PAED > PASY, Eareckson AFB, Alaska

total flight time:: roughly 15-16 hours, spread out over 3-4 days (each trip was about 2-3 hours)


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1 flight....... longest I have ever Flown::

OHAR Herat (middle east) {i believe Iraq or Afganistan} > KDOV Dover AFB (start up to shut down::: 13 1/2 HOURS!!)

i was dead tired of flying that WITHOUT Autopilot!!!! AP went out passing the 3rd VOR (15 min into the flight) so i said screw it.  broke out the compass, charts, frequency list and tuned VORS the whole way back home ........ BROUGHT OUR TROOPS HOME!!!

total flight time::
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Re: Your longest flight?

Postby captmjk » Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:32 pm

I am pretty sure my longest was a bit over 8 hours (IAD-Gatwick if I remember correctly) in an A332.  I do this (or simliar flights) about once a month, but I also spend a lot of time low and fast (red bull in FSX), as well as other flights ranging from 20 minutes to 4 hours.  
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Re: Your longest flight?

Postby ThomasKaira » Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:04 am

I go long regularly (well, not lately), with pond-hopping journeys or transcontinental romps quite often. I will occasionally go for broke with something like EGLL-VHHH/RJAA, but that is a little less on the list. I did do an EGLL-YSSY romp once (forced stopover in VTBS, as the distance covered there is beyond the range of the 744), but i don't do that anymore (mostly waiting for a decent version of Changi and VOS YSSY scenery pack to be AES'd). Too bad, I have spent criminally little time flying down under.

Nothing's better than a nice soft touchdown after a 6+ hour journey of seeing nothing but waves and clouds. ;D To me, it's the airport that matters, because as I fly mostly commercial jets in FS, I spend little time admiring the trees and tend to kill a lot more birdies. :evil :evil
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Re: Your longest flight?

Postby Leigh » Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:06 am

well my longest was last night

5 hours Honolulu to the midway island

i was planing to go from California to Hawaii but the 51 i had only had the 75 gal DT not the 110.
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