75 Years Ago

[MrFSS]

 

[JayPea]

An easy five-day flight???? The longest flight I've taken is Seattle-Atlanta, about 4 hours, and that was more than long enough!

 

[Bob Dylan]

Good find Tom! And we complain about flights now a days!

Longest single plane flight I was ever on, time wise, was on a Continental Charter to Vietnam on a Government All Expenses Paid trip in 1966!! 24 Hours actual flight time with several stops across the Pacific for refueling! ( Return trip was longer but was broken up with layovers!)

Second place was on Quantas to Australia from SFO, 18 Hours!!

 

[railiner]

JFK to EZE is now only 10 hours and 46 minutes on an AA 777....

 

[jis]

SFO - SYD is way less than 18 hours now on a 747-400 or 777.

My longest nonstop was EWR - SIN at around 18.5 hours on an A340-500. The flight has since been discontinued. The next longest for me is EWR - HKG, and the third longest will be next month EWR - BOM, until then it is EWR - DEL.

 

[ehbowen]

I've only been on one international flight...LGW to IAH, about 11 hours. That was plenty enough. (On the way out I was a crewman on an oil tanker.)

 

[railiner]

(On the way out I was a crewman on an oil tanker.)

Talk about a "slow boat"......

 

[Swadian Hardcore]

Aerolineas Argentinas flies the route as well. How's their service? I don't hear about them often. Generally, the South American and African airlines don't get discussed much on airplane forums, I've seen.