Sun Feb 08, 2009 9:32 pm
Got a bunch of days logged over 7 and a few over 8 hours this summer doing T-6 rides.
But I got to run out of the plane to go to the john during the loads sometimes (and fuel break in the middle of the day) so it doesn't compare with any of the single-seat ocean-crossing stuff...
But I got to run out of the plane to go to the john during the loads sometimes (and fuel break in the middle of the day) so it doesn't compare with any of the single-seat ocean-crossing stuff...
Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:10 am
Oddly enough.....6.5 hours in an ASW-15B.
VL
VL
Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:14 am
Boerne to Midland in the Fi-156 Storch. Seemed like about 18 hrs, but was probably closer to 4.5 Its about 250 miles.
Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:41 am
3.1 in a Cessna 150...Arlington to Lubbock non stop ?? 
I show a 3.3 for a IFR long XC..Arlington to Tyler and back...I'm sure we stopped to potty @ GGG
I show a 3.3 for a IFR long XC..Arlington to Tyler and back...I'm sure we stopped to potty @ GGG
Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:16 am
4 hours, 388 NM in C-172 Tucson to San Diego, and extra challenge w/ marine layer and 15 min of fuel above reserve.
Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:06 am
I wish I had my logbook with me here. I flew a Cessna 177 Cardinal with long range tanks from So Cal to Georgia with only 3 fuel stops in NM, TX and AR. That wasn't too bad as the seat was pretty comfortable.
The worst was picking up Cessna 152's at the Cessna factory in Kansas and flying to So Cal in one day. That was 12 plus hours depending on the winds. Your entire lower body goes numb sitting in a 152 for that long.
Les
The worst was picking up Cessna 152's at the Cessna factory in Kansas and flying to So Cal in one day. That was 12 plus hours depending on the winds. Your entire lower body goes numb sitting in a 152 for that long.
Les
Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:09 am
In one hop I think is just over 4 hours (Grand Forks to Rapid City in a Warrior III) and the total for the day was a bit over 9 hours (GFK-RAP-FAR-GFK with a front that came through after I landed at RAP so I had headwinds of 10+ knots the entire flight).
Only other "long flight" was 5.5 hours in 2 legs during my one sortie for CAP during Ike, although I was in the right seat so it was observer time and not PIC time.
Only other "long flight" was 5.5 hours in 2 legs during my one sortie for CAP during Ike, although I was in the right seat so it was observer time and not PIC time.
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Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:09 am
9.5 in a L382 (Civilian C-130) from Leon, Mexico to Yellowknife NWT.......and NO pylon tanks.
Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:13 am
You Pilots have all the fun, I suppose sitting on the ramp in an ice storm at DFW with a teething infant for over 9 hours and then flying to TPA doesn't count! 
Re: ????
Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:26 pm
Jack Cook wrote:Does Moffet Field, CA to Misawa, Japan in the *ss end of a P-3 count
Did it twice
Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:07 pm
Holedigger wrote:You Pilots have all the fun, I suppose sitting on the ramp in an ice storm at DFW with a teething infant for over 9 hours and then flying to TPA doesn't count!
That counts triple.
My longest so far is 4.5, followed by 4.3 maneuvering north to stay away from Katrina's outer effects. Kudos to all the ATC pros for working with us VFR folks that day.
Scott
Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:34 pm
8.5
NAS Keflavik to Goose Bay Labrador
C-54E "Spirit of Freedom" July 10, 1998
NAS Keflavik to Goose Bay Labrador
C-54E "Spirit of Freedom" July 10, 1998
Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:40 pm
6.1 hours in a Piper Warrior from Grand Forks To Williston and back, half of it at night.
Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:16 pm
10.4 in a KC-135R from RAF Fairford to McConnell AFB.
Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:54 pm
Following KC-135 in an A-10 from Bangor, ME to the RAF Bentwaters/Woodbridge in UK. I think it was about 6 hours. Felt like 60.