What was your longest non stop flight?

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Re: What was your longest non stop flight?

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AuxBatOn wrote: Wed Nov 28, 2018 8:08 am 9.7 hrs airborne in a Hornet over Iraq and Syria.
:shockedbig:

I get antsy in the middle seat in economy on a widebody after an hour. I guess you keep busy, but that is impressive.

Thank you for your service Aux :prayer:

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After checking mid 50s Pan Am schedules, 10.2 LAX-HNL.

Longest time in glider: 6 hours using Southern Ontario thermals, but there's lots of Southern Ontario pilots who take off noon or before and come back around 8:30 when the days are long and the thermals are good.
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25 minute hop with one of the most annoying loudmouths I've ever met. I actually isolated his side for half the journey.
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Heliian wrote: Fri Nov 30, 2018 7:46 am 25 minute hop with one of the most annoying loudmouths I've ever met. I actually isolated his side for half the journey.
Just smile and nod.

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AuxBatOn wrote: Wed Nov 28, 2018 8:08 am 9.7 hrs airborne in a Hornet over Iraq and Syria.
I have to ask. How did you handle the call of nature?
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MrWings wrote: Sat Dec 01, 2018 1:31 pm
AuxBatOn wrote: Wed Nov 28, 2018 8:08 am 9.7 hrs airborne in a Hornet over Iraq and Syria.
I have to ask. How did you handle the call of nature?
Gliding guys use a relief tube. Something like a modified turkey baster with a tube .... also know as "The Polish Microphone" :lol:

External/Internal Catheters
Ziplock Bags
I know one guy that used saran wrap....don't ask me how. He said something along the lines of 8 twists gets it out the window and away from the glider before it unravels.

I recommend the bag from a Tim Horton's box of coffee. It has a wide opening with a cap. If that is too big, then the smaller opening wine bags will work for those that need it :wink: .
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The chemicals turn into a solid, so no leaks and very limited odor.
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4 minutes and 17 seconds in a wingsuit from 17,000 feet until canopy deployment at 3,000 feet. My arms were tired.
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For work, flow 4 hours in PC12 from Toronto City centre to Winnipeg

Commercially, 15 hours on EVA 777-300 from YYZ to TPE
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MrWings wrote: Sat Dec 01, 2018 1:31 pm
AuxBatOn wrote: Wed Nov 28, 2018 8:08 am 9.7 hrs airborne in a Hornet over Iraq and Syria.
I have to ask. How did you handle the call of nature?
I didn’t. I have done other longer flights (6-7+ hrs) and I never had to pee, and I don’t drink or eat: I am afraid to choke and well, there’s nothing I can really do if that happens.

People use pee bags or big bottles (gatorade for example (unstrap, piss, strap-in).
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AuxBatOn wrote: Sun Dec 02, 2018 4:43 pm
MrWings wrote: Sat Dec 01, 2018 1:31 pm
AuxBatOn wrote: Wed Nov 28, 2018 8:08 am 9.7 hrs airborne in a Hornet over Iraq and Syria.
I have to ask. How did you handle the call of nature?
I didn’t. I have done other longer flights (6-7+ hrs) and I never had to pee, and I don’t drink or eat: I am afraid to choke and well, there’s nothing I can really do if that happens.

People use pee bags or big bottles (gatorade for example (unstrap, piss, strap-in).
I've always been curious. Does the CF-18 and other aircraft in it's category have decent autopilot? Be a lot more difficult to pee and fly at the same time. I've done it in in a Cessna 185, but that's a bit different, lol.

Also, 9.7 hours would be quiet fatiguing all hand flown in a not-so-stable platform.
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The F-18 Flight Control System is phenomenal. At cruise speed, stick force commands a given G so no flrce (hands off) means the aircraft willl hold 1G.It also has Heading/Altitude/Attitude/Coupled modes autopilot.
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19.3 hrs. NATO E3A over Turkey/Afghanistan.
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7.2 CYHY-KGFK in a DC-3 and 5.8 (1951nm) CYRB-CYZX in a L188. Short distance alternate for the L188.
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iflyforpie wrote: Mon Nov 26, 2018 11:05 pm
The Catalina had an endurance of over 24 hours. The “Secret Order of the Double Sunrise” was a name bestowed to those who enjoyed a 24 hour trip on QANTAS operated Catalinas between Perth and Ceylon during the war.
New video just this week. It's like this guy is trolling Avcanada looking for video ideas.

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6.7 hrs in the C208B survey flying out of Iqaluit.

Longest point to point is 5.4 hrs Yuma - CYEG in the Kingair 300.
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Just thought I would post another interesting question.

Mine was ninteen hours and ten minutes.
It was even more interesting considering it was flown with no autopilot.

And only an ADF ( With B.F.O. ) and an Astro Compass and sectional charts to navigate with.
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CYYT to LPPD in a C208B, 8.7 hrs
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16:20 BOM-YYZ Feb 22 2018 777-233LR C-FNNH
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