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Re: Longest Passenger flight

Postby C » Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:45 am

Either way it's a bloody long time! I and never fly at night on the way back from SIN 'cos it never gets light for the whole trip!


You get to see London in the very early morning though... :)
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Re: Longest Passenger flight

Postby rich747 » Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:59 am


Boeing 777-200LR, November 10th 2005, Sydney to Heathrow...

http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2005/q4/nr_051110g.html


Correct me if I'm wrong Charlie but that was Hong Kong - LHR(eastbound) not Sydney. Either wway its an achievement
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Re: Longest Passenger flight

Postby C » Sun Mar 26, 2006 12:18 pm


Correct me if I'm wrong Charlie but that was Hong Kong - LHR(eastbound) not Sydney. Either wway its an achievement


You're quite right. Brain failing me in my old age... Anyway, it was still a record! ;D
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Re: Longest Passenger flight

Postby Indigojones » Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:45 am

Think we flew 28 hours in total from Heathrow to Brisbane (layovers somewhere...Kuala Lumpur and Dubai? I'm not sure). This was at the time of the first Gulf War, so I think we had a diversion around the area which added to the flight time a bit. Am I a winner?  :P
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Re: Longest Passenger flight

Postby rich747 » Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:57 pm

A winner indeed it seems, if it were a competition. That would be a real gruelling task, 28 hours but at least you had stops
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Re: Longest Passenger flight

Postby Indigojones » Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:11 am

I was about 9 as well, so I fitted nicely into the seats. Also, I fell asleep with my head on my Mum's lap for about 3 hours apparently, and, saint that she is, she couldn't bear to move me. So she got some nasty pins and needles.
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Re: Longest Passenger flight

Postby Hai Perso Coyone? » Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:37 pm


You're quite right. Brain failing me in my old age... Anyway, it was still a record! ;D


Old age... ::)

If you're old, I don't know what Fozzer is :P ;D ;D
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Re: Longest Passenger flight

Postby Boomtown Rat » Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:22 pm

I've done JFK to PEK (About 14 hours) and JFK to Incheon (About 14 hours too).  And add in the connections too... (about two hours out of PBI.)
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