Aviation Fans

[Vegas Halo Fan]

"turd missiles from outer space" sounds like an 80s movie

 

It will be like Sharknado, with at least two sequels.

[Homebrewer]

Aircal 737 approaching the coast (Morro Bay), mid 80's.

Taken by a friend who has since passed away..

 

[Homebrewer]

So airplane fans...find yourself with a few hours to kill someday...try this.

 

http://www.airliners.net/search/

 

Thousands and thousands of pictures of every aircraft imaginable. Lots of pilot pics, cockpits, in flight..

Commercial, Private, Military...from all over the world. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Yeah you call for a wash down truck to meet you at EOR.

tank, i know you already thought of this because its your fave, but...picture lou gossett...in his f-16...dropping a duece at 30,000 with queen in the background...Iron Fecal!

[ten ocho recon scout]

During long missions they wear what they call "poopie suits". In a 2 seater you pass the control. In a single seater you engage the autopilot and handle your business. These suits open in the appropriate areas for using a specially designed container. It's the glamour of being a fighter jock.

do they wash them themselces, or does some luck maintenance guy get that dooty? I mean duty.

[Homebrewer]

Compare the 737-200 flt deck I posted earlier to this..Airbus A340-600

 

Edited December 27, 2015 by Homebrewer

[mp170.6]

Hey Homebrewer, aren't those Airbus A340's fuel hogs like a Boeing 747? 

 

I thought I read somewhere that despite their relatively new age, the airlines may be looking to dump them for more economical twin engine planes.

[Homebrewer]

I imagine they are...but when you can carry 350+ pax, I assume fuel costs are somewhat relative.

[Homebrewer]

Emirates A380 Makes Longest Non-Stop Flight Ever For A Passenger Plane

http://news.yahoo.com/emirates-a380-makes-longest-non-stop-flight-ever-111025486.html

[arch stanton]

That's waaaaayyyyy too long to spend on a plane.

[Homebrewer]

I did LA-Melbourne non-stop.

16 hrs.

Without Valium and Vodka I would have never made it.

[red321]

Longest in literal time I did was non-stop from LAX to Auckland...think that was about 13 hour non stop. Flight left at 9pm or something like that. A few drinks and dinner, a movie (business class baby!) and then slept like a baby for the 8 or so hours.

 

Longest in figurative time...10 hours from New Delhi to London while suffering from a bout of Delhi Belly.

 

At one point the stewardess knocked on the bathroom door and in her lovely British accent said "I left you a bottle of water outside the door if you need it love"

[red321]

Usually you end up arriving in the morning on the trans pacific/atlantic flights, so I try and time it so I'm waking up near arrival time. Helps with the time adjustment and allows you to take advantage of the arrival day instead of feeling like you have to sleep.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

My longest flight was 11.5 hours LAX-Heathrow. I can't sleep on a plane, and I was awake for the entire flight, even though we left at 7:30 PM. I was absolutely dead tired by the time we reached our hotel. As fortune would have it, our room was on the fourth floor and our hotel had no elevators.

[ten ocho recon scout]

I did 17 hours from africa back home once. Maybe this one was a half hour longer or something?

It sucked obviously, but i had a row to myself with a ton of movies...

The bad part was it was rhe most turbulant flight ive ever been on.

31 hours on a flight to chile once but that had a few layovers. Still sucked more than anything else

After all these long flights ive taken, i kind of chuckle when i hear people sweat flights to new york from LA.

[arch stanton]

On a NY-LA flight the flying is the easy part. It's the two airports and the other passengers that will suck.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Probably the longest I have been in transit overall is around 20 hours. Flight from Jacksonville to St. John's with stops in New York, Boston, Yarmouth  and Halifax. Seven-hour layover at Logan.

[Tank]

Cause all the old Jewish people complaining about stuff?

 

they keep sending the soup back.

[AngelsLongBall]

Cause all the old Jewish people complaining about stuff?

He had a hat!!

[Oz27]

Jeez, some of you need to toughen up when it comes to spending a few hours on a plane! Once you live in this part of the world, 12-14 hours becomes the norm if you want to travel internationally. To get to America I either need to go Perth-Sydney-LA (four hours followed by 12-14, depending on wind), or Perth-Singapore-Tokyo-LA (five hours, then about six and a half then 11 hours). We'll probably see regular, direct Perth to London flights in the not-too-distant future and that would be 19 hours. Now that would be brutal.

[Oz27]

You know I have made multiple trips to Perth. Twice through HK, once through Brisbane.

And yes, it's quite insane to spend two full days on a plane to travel back and forth, only to think once you got there, "are you sure we aren't in San Diego?" Is somebody punking me?

Yeah, the Perth-San Diego comparisons are pretty strong. Unfortunately I can't see us getting an MLB team anytime soon though.

 

It's always funny losing an entire day through time differences. The best bit though is taking off from Sydney and landing in LA at a time earlier than when you left.

[Redondo]

DARPA teases X-Plane concept that can take off vertically

[arch stanton]

[ten ocho recon scout]

I always thought that voice was iniversal, not just in hornets

[gotbeer]

Russia's New Fighter Plane Has Backward Wings