Recently flew LHR-GIG and back on a BA 777 and got to thinking just how constrained the pax would have been on the 707s, DC8s and Comets of days gone by - somehow the trip seemed longer than trips I've made to Singapore or the US West Coast.
Having flown in a British Eagle Britannia trooper from LHR to Singapore, which took something like 2 days to get there, it seemed to take forever. Luckily, I was seated next to a single Nurse
Best trip was definitely 2 day from UK to Little Rock in a C-130, with a night-stop in Goose Bay. Most of the trip was spent swinging from my hammock slung from the beams above the rear loading ramp - cold but comfy!!
Airliners - yeuch!
