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The World's Longest Flight, in Coach
Over the Pacific Ocean It's 2 a.m. aboard Qantas Airways Flight 7 from Sydney to Dallas. The sun is rising. Time for a quick stretch, then a couple of episodes of "30 Rock." Are we there yet? Five hours remain on the 15-hour trip, the longest flight in the world with a coach cabin. It's an eternity when shoehorned into space with a mere 16 inches of hip width inside the armrests. Nonetheless, long-haul nonstop flights like this one are increasingly popular among business… (online.wsj.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Used to fly as Russian linguist in RC-135's out of Fairbanks to Barents Sea and do a 6 hour mission and fly back with two aerial refuelings for over an 18 hour flight.
Years ago I had a really hellish experience when trying to fly British Airways from LHR to MIA on a 747. Flight time was 10 hours which was OK even it was Economy, but we had to wait 4 hours to board and 3 more hours inside the plane before leaving!!. LHR had been fogged in for the entire week-end and both incoming and outgoing traffic was hell. There was no food at the airport nor BA cared to serve any while sitting down, and I don´t want to describe the situation inside the loo, on the ground and inside the aircraft.
I've done IAD To JNB before.. but this is a tad longer. JNB to JFK non-stop averaging 16 hrs on a A340-600.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SAA203/history/20120121/1835Z/FAJS/KJFK
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SAA203/history/20120121/1835Z/FAJS/KJFK
THRUSTT, please get me the 800# for Pan-Am so I can get booked to Russia,thanks. Oh by the way, I remember yesterday like it was yesterday! (I'm getting old).
That was Chris up above that did those flights. I'll go though...
Typical American attitude...thats why nobody likes the USA, you want everything brought to you. The world is INCREDIBLY beautiful and if you get a chance you should explore your country as well as others, it will broaden your horizons and by the way..the USA in terms of being inhabited is less than 300 years old. Europe, Asia, Africa are thousands and thousands of years with people on them...you should check out what they have to offer..not everything here in the USA is number one.