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I used to be pan trash on the 707 with the black and white mushroom on top, and on a trip to the desert a while back, one sortie lasted over 18 hours.
On another trip to a different desert with GR4's, someone was airborne for just under 8 1/2 hours.
What's the longest sortie you've ever flown/seen/heard of?
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On another trip to a different desert with GR4's, someone was airborne for just under 8 1/2 hours.
What's the longest sortie you've ever flown/seen/heard of?
P_J
I think BEagle will be along soon with tales from the FI airbridge. Missed out on that treat, TF; Uganda down, first 747 back. Sat on enough Gut-Calgary Alberts to make up for my loss, however.
I was toying with the idea of claiming Gutersloh to Calgary in a Gazelle, but the Chicken-leg was in an Albert, so it'll probably not count.
I was toying with the idea of claiming Gutersloh to Calgary in a Gazelle, but the Chicken-leg was in an Albert, so it'll probably not count.
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As operating crew flew 13 and a bit hours in the ever so slow K model from Diego Garcia to Bahrain....on the ground an hour or so then climbed in the back as a slip crew flew it to Iraklion............now that was a long old day.
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14:45 in an Albert without the benefit of AAR, scrambled out of Mount Pleasant for an SAR 400 nm south of Tristan de Cuna (sp?) in 1993, i believe the record still stands. Only had fumes left on finals, and got back with only the sextant to guide us, thanks John (Nav).
Just over 24 hours from Accra to Elizabethville and return having queued for refuelling. Accra, on return was 8/8 blue but the skipper decided an NDB full procedure was essential for his chinagraph ticks!!
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Mk 3 Shack, Farnborough airshow, probably late 50s IIRC, every day a Shack took off and the previous day's sortie landed. Bleary eyed, unshaven crew energed.
Yes, they really flew for 24 hours plus a few, up and down the Channel at endurance.
Mk 2 Shackleton, Priory, 1981, we did 14 hr 35 min and never more that 100 miles from Lossie. Only reason we landed early was because the exercise ended.
Yes, they really flew for 24 hours plus a few, up and down the Channel at endurance.
Mk 2 Shackleton, Priory, 1981, we did 14 hr 35 min and never more that 100 miles from Lossie. Only reason we landed early was because the exercise ended.
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One 24 Hour sortie and one 25 hour sortie in one week on the
C130K.
Both ASI-STA-ASI.
No landing in the FIs, ploughing competition with the mail pick up though!
Anyone remember the Colombo boxes?
Very many thanks to the Victor guys.
C130K.
Both ASI-STA-ASI.
No landing in the FIs, ploughing competition with the mail pick up though!
Anyone remember the Colombo boxes?
Very many thanks to the Victor guys.
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Brize, Keflavik, Gander, Nassau, Belize (Done in April in KD longs)
Cruised back by Grey Funnel Line via Bermuda - you know it makes sense
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Brize, Keflavik, Gander, Nassau, Belize (Done in April in KD longs)
Cruised back by Grey Funnel Line via Bermuda - you know it makes sense
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Originally Posted by peppermint_jam
On another trip to a different desert with GR4's, someone was airborne for just under 8 1/2 hours.
