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Old 28 May 2021, 08:03 AM   #91
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Probably an everyday occurrence to those on this forum but Los Angeles to Paris was a long flight to me. Fortunately, it was a business trip and I was in Business class on an A380.
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Old 28 May 2021, 08:11 AM   #92
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Probably an everyday occurrence to those on this forum but Los Angeles to Paris was a long flight to me. Fortunately, it was a business trip and I was in Business class on an A380.
A380 is just about no longer with most airlines now a days. A380 and B747 are a dying breed...!
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Old 28 May 2021, 02:52 PM   #93
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LAX to Sydney on Quantas about 15 hrs.
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Old 29 May 2021, 07:26 AM   #94
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A380 is just about no longer with most airlines now a days. A380 and B747 are a dying breed...!
It was such a beautiful flight, felt like we lifted off at 20 mph and smooth as can be. It was crabbing during a windy landing in Paris though, that was interesting to watch through the tail-cam.
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Old 29 May 2021, 10:42 AM   #95
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We are doing a 14 hr non stop from LA to Rome on a Boeing 777-200/200er (whatever that is). Booked business class as I hate flying. Hope we are comfy.
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Old 30 May 2021, 11:20 PM   #96
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Have done too many 16-18 hr flights as passenger and 14-15 hr flights as operating crew on a wide variety of routes.

But a good friend of mine has us all beat. During his Air Force days as a B-52 pilot back in the '80s he flew a nonstop, 33-hour mission as part of an exercise where they took off from their base in North Dakota, flew to Egypt (whereupon they dropped some bombs in the western desert), then returned to base in Grand Forks. Not sure how many times they plugged into a tanker there and back.
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Old 31 May 2021, 12:27 AM   #97
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Have done too many 16-18 hr flights as passenger and 14-15 hr flights as operating crew on a wide variety of routes.

But a good friend of mine has us all beat. During his Air Force days as a B-52 pilot back in the '80s he flew a nonstop, 33-hour mission as part of an exercise where they took off from their base in North Dakota, flew to Egypt (whereupon they dropped some bombs in the western desert), then returned to base in Grand Forks. Not sure how many times they plugged into a tanker there and back.
Oooooof! That is brutal
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Old 31 May 2021, 07:44 AM   #98
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The late, great George Carlin on nonstop flights:

https://video.search.yahoo.com/searc...6e&action=view
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Old 31 May 2021, 12:07 PM   #99
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Oooooof! That is brutal
Brutal indeed, which would also describe the level of s*** received from squadron-mates for any that did all that only to have missed their targets. They're probably still having to buy everyone else's drinks.
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Old 1 July 2021, 05:46 AM   #100
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Any "World Travelers" heading off soon on a long haul none stopper anywhere..?
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Old 1 July 2021, 09:52 AM   #101
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Coming back from deployment once on a KC-10. We flew from Rammstein, Germany to Travis AFB, California. It took 13.5 hours. Spent the night in base housing, had an hour long taxi ride, and two more much shorter flights the next day to arrive home at 5pm on Christmas Eve.
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Old 1 July 2021, 09:59 AM   #102
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HKG -> DUB was about 13.5 hours. Was my first time flying Business and didn't want to get off!
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Old 1 July 2021, 02:32 PM   #103
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MCO-SEA in the middle of the plane. On the next leg of SEA-ANC, I was ready to get out and push.
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Old 1 July 2021, 02:34 PM   #104
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Any "World Travelers" heading off soon on a long haul none stopper anywhere..?
I’m in Tbilisi now. I flew the DFW -> Doha flight and that was about 15~ hours.
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Old 1 July 2021, 11:10 PM   #105
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I’m in Tbilisi now. I flew the DFW -> Doha flight and that was about 15~ hours.
I was just in Doha last month transiting DOHA-Detroit from CMB... DOHA Airport is gorgeous and alot happening there.....
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Old 2 July 2021, 03:29 AM   #106
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ATL to Johannesburg a few times. The run back from JNB to ATL was the longest. Felt sorry for the folks that arrived in ATL to connect.....all the bags stayed in South Africa.
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Old 2 July 2021, 03:54 AM   #107
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Singapore to United States is 19 hours, 20 minutes.
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Old 2 July 2021, 04:17 AM   #108
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Probably an everyday occurrence to those on this forum but Los Angeles to Paris was a long flight to me. Fortunately, it was a business trip and I was in Business class on an A380.
Been on that flight many times on AirFrance, I believe AF66. Last time was a few years ago when one of the A380 engines exploded midflight over the Atlantic ocean. That was not a fun ride.

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Old 2 July 2021, 09:14 AM   #109
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Sydney to Los Angeles with headwinds 15ish hours as I recall. In the very back of the 747 by the lavatory. Not a fun one.
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Old 2 July 2021, 09:15 AM   #110
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when one of the A380 engines exploded midflight over the Atlantic ocean. That was not a fun ride.
Holy *** that must have been terrifying. Especially over water. I know planes are built and rated for redundancy, but even still. That must have been quite scary.
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Old 2 July 2021, 01:41 PM   #111
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More importantly, things to bring. Whatever books you want, bring a book light. And a toothbrush and toothpaste. I went from
Sydney to Houston and I didn’t care if I missed the next flight because I wanted to brush my teeth so bad.
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Old 2 July 2021, 08:35 PM   #112
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Singapore to LAX. Was about 18 hours on an A340. Loved it. Took 3.5 hours off of the trip for a plane change on the Pacific Rim. I agree that on a flight is longer than 6 hours, there is not much difference in flight length. 3 hour flights seem the longest to me.
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Old 2 July 2021, 11:34 PM   #113
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About 7-8 years ago I was flying Houston-Doha with Qatar Airways. About a 14 hr flight. I was luckily flying business class. We were delayed boarding because of a medical case. This was a baby who had serious problems. I don't know how the baby was cleared to fly. Anyway as we ran down the runway to take off the baby's vital signs monitors were all beeping like crazy. We took off and this carried on for a few hours. We were over Canada when it was announced we were diverting to JFK. We landed in JFk and it took about 2 hours for the emergency medical team to stabilise the baby and then disembark the baby with the family. We then had to wait to refuel. After an hour, they told us there was a software problem preventing refuelling and they had to contact Doha to fix. After a further five hours, we eventually were in the air again and finally landed in Doha about 23 hours after we took off from Houston. As I said I was luckily in Business so I slept through a lot of it. The people in economy must have had a nightmare. I never found out what happened to the baby I just hope everything was ok.
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Old 3 July 2021, 12:02 AM   #114
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Bangkok-Bogota 19 hours, 777ER
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Old 30 July 2021, 03:38 AM   #115
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Old 30 July 2021, 06:36 AM   #116
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WOW thats a long one for sure..Has to be right up there with one of the longest for sure. Safe travels to you...
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Old 30 July 2021, 12:39 PM   #117
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WOW thats a long one for sure..Has to be right up there with one of the longest for sure. Safe travels to you...

Flight SQ24 may currently be the longest nonstop in operation I suspect. A350-900 ULR. Excellent inflight entertainment options, quiet cabins, WiFi and legendary SQ service means the hours are bearable.
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Old 31 July 2021, 04:49 AM   #118
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Houston to Dubai. I cant remember exactly but 16 hours and some change. Even in economy on an Emirates A380, it wasn't as bad as I expected.
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Old 31 July 2021, 05:03 AM   #119
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Wasn’t Qantas testing out 18-19+ flights for potential routes? They used employees as guinea pigs to record bio metrics throughout. Apparently there’s science about the human psyche/level of tolerance not being able to stand being coop’d up in a tube/seat for that long.
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Old 31 July 2021, 01:35 PM   #120
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Dubai to Chicago (14 hours, 50 minutes).
First or Business class, Emirates B777.
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