Are you ready for the 18 hour flight?

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Originally Posted by Tombie

I developed a talent for air travel...
Even the 20 minute air time from Whyalla to Adelaide gives me a great 20 minutes sleep.

Unless I'm with company I can shut down in minutes and sleep a flight (with the exception of toilet visits).

First thing on long flights is a friendly word to the flight crew - please don't wake me for food service..

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Yep, do it often enough, and you get yourself into a routine. A goodly proportion of my long haul flying was overnight. So for my "after takeoff" drink I used to request a camomile tea with a little bit of honey. No food service except for breakfast before landing. Drink the tea, and out like a light until brekkie.

All of my overseas travel, of which 90% has been SE Asia, I've always found a collection of little old ladies up the back doing exercises, push ups stood out for me :D
I get up and walk around, try and get a few stretches or body weight exercises in where I can to keep to blood flowing, I can't sleep though, sadly.


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You socks, imagine the Catalina double sunrise flight in ww11, 33 hours. At least you could walk around

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Originally Posted by AndyG

You socks, imagine the Catalina double sunrise flight in ww11, 33 hours. At least you could walk around

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Andy , that was actually flown by Qantas and that record still stands today.

meh, wait till you do it in military cargo planes....

cargo net seats, side seating in c130s packed in shoulder to shoulder....

Longest flight I had was Buenos aires to Rio to Dubai then to Perth.

Long story but I missed my original flight. I think the Rio to Dubai leg was almost 15 hours and that was hard. Especially as we just landed and didn't get off at Rio.

I was shattered when I finally got home.

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Originally Posted by sheerluck

The AIRbus variety shouldn't. :)

Unless it says EgyptAir on the outside. [bigwhistle]

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if it has MH on the outside, its a mystery flight that could end with a bang!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_distance_record

unfortunately wiki has listed distance records...not time .....the Qantas catalina flights were up to 33 hours endurance. They cruised at 130mph. They operated 5 PBY-5B Catalinas on loan from BOAC for the Indian Ocean wartime service.

An official flight time of 31hrs 45mins was recorded on 30th August-1st September 1943 on a flight from Ceylon to Perth

The Catalinas made 271 crossings between 10th July 1942 and 24th July 1945.

The aeroplanes had to keep their british registration , so the Australian crews named each one after a prominient star in our skies. Some nostalgia buffs and really old pilots may remember Altair Star , Vega Star , Rigel Star , Antares Star, and Spica Star.

All 5 aeroplanes were sunk to comply with lend lease conditions.