What's the longest distance you've flown?
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Had a few fun ones over the years, but tended to get arrested on quite a few in the old days! We also used to run out of maps when bad weather forced us way off route (only a DG and a map in those days) so continued on road maps purchased at local bookshops until we got back close to the planned route.
Amongst the more amusing were:
Venice - Malta. Wessex
Aberdeen - Portugal. 58T
London - Beirut. 58T
London - Teheran. Bell 212. A good one as it was during the winter so ended up routing Vichy-Marseilles-Cannes-Nice (fog!)- Genoa-Rome-Naples-Brindisi-Corfu-Athens-Sofia-Istanbul-Ankara-Elazig-Tabriz-Teheran.
London - Lagos. Wessex via the Sahara desert route when Algeria was safe to fly over.
London - Cairo. Bell 212
Holland - Lagos via the West coast route. Dauphin.
Sweden - Lagos. S76
Hope to have another nice one coming up in a few weeks, but still waiting to hear about it.
Jolly days
Amongst the more amusing were:
Venice - Malta. Wessex
Aberdeen - Portugal. 58T
London - Beirut. 58T
London - Teheran. Bell 212. A good one as it was during the winter so ended up routing Vichy-Marseilles-Cannes-Nice (fog!)- Genoa-Rome-Naples-Brindisi-Corfu-Athens-Sofia-Istanbul-Ankara-Elazig-Tabriz-Teheran.
London - Lagos. Wessex via the Sahara desert route when Algeria was safe to fly over.
London - Cairo. Bell 212
Holland - Lagos via the West coast route. Dauphin.
Sweden - Lagos. S76
Hope to have another nice one coming up in a few weeks, but still waiting to hear about it.
Jolly days
"not really long..."
Longest yet (by me that is) was from Gander (CYQX) Newfoundland, to Stephenville (CYJT) also in Newfoundland. For a total of 5 hours, with two short fuel stops in Deer Lake (CYDF). total time was 5 hours and 15 minutes, and somebody else mentioned erasing the crack, and I can attest to the thrutfulness of this, particularily in the Schweizer 300CB
But I know there are other great ones!
But I know there are other great ones!
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A participant of the annual "Great Canadian Helicopter Race", Vancouver to Sudbury, Dryden, Winnipeg, Thompson, Prince Albert, Buffalo Narrows, Edmonton, etc. Oh me butt aches just thinking about the number of times I've crossed this country !!! 
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Alice to Darwin in a beat up mustering R22. 1 day, 11hrs with only 2 jerry's for company.
Got it up to 9500 ft before I ran out out collective and throttle....
Its a long way off the planet in a Robbie with no doors
Got it up to 9500 ft before I ran out out collective and throttle....
Its a long way off the planet in a Robbie with no doors
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I am in the process this week of planning the ferry trip for a SK61 from Caracas, Venezuela to Vancouver, Canada. I leave home in a few days with my co-pilot for a great trip. I'll post some photos when we get back to Canada.
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Oh man, and they think Canadians are crazy
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Got it up to 9500 ft before I ran out out collective and throttle.... ...in a Robbie with no doors
Canadian....where is the dividing line between crazy and just plain nuts?
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Last year got to fly with 5 x EC120s, 1 x EC130, 1 x AS350B3 and a BA from Johannesburg, Sth Africa to Nairobbery, Kenya for the World Rally Championship.
It was a two day trip over 1700 miles. Great scenery through Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and then into Kenya.
It was a two day trip over 1700 miles. Great scenery through Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and then into Kenya.
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I'd like to add an amusing story to the LAX-LHR flight. One day I was paired with an old character of a captain, Arleigh Nixon. This guy was one of a kind. Sometimes irritating, sometimes amusing, but always good for a laugh.
I had an old squadron buddy, Ted Rayl, working ATC out of Palmdale. Cleared out of 18,000, we always get a call to switch to the sector Ted was in as a controller.
I spoke with Ted the previous night, gave him our EDT and flight #, and arranged a deal with him.
(Arleigh was always betting, usually a setup where the odds favored himself. By this leg of the trip, he was into my pocket for $50.)
Passing 18,000 I was switched to center, and when I checked in, I recognised Ted's voice. I said to Arleigh, "Let's request direct PP to LHR." He replied "Sheeeit Ed, have you gone mad? Those sumbitches wouldn't do that!".
I said "Arleigh, you're into me for $50. What say double or nothing?"
He shouted "You're on sucker, go ahead and reguest it!" He was salvitating.
I requested PP to LHR, and Ted came over loud and clear "Roger TWA, cleared PP LHR direct."
You should have seen Arleigh. He almost went into shock.
I had an old squadron buddy, Ted Rayl, working ATC out of Palmdale. Cleared out of 18,000, we always get a call to switch to the sector Ted was in as a controller.
I spoke with Ted the previous night, gave him our EDT and flight #, and arranged a deal with him.
(Arleigh was always betting, usually a setup where the odds favored himself. By this leg of the trip, he was into my pocket for $50.)
Passing 18,000 I was switched to center, and when I checked in, I recognised Ted's voice. I said to Arleigh, "Let's request direct PP to LHR." He replied "Sheeeit Ed, have you gone mad? Those sumbitches wouldn't do that!".
I said "Arleigh, you're into me for $50. What say double or nothing?"
He shouted "You're on sucker, go ahead and reguest it!" He was salvitating.
I requested PP to LHR, and Ted came over loud and clear "Roger TWA, cleared PP LHR direct."
You should have seen Arleigh. He almost went into shock.
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I did Rekyavik to Frankfurt in a 350 which was nice, got up to 174kts groundspeed inbound to Aberdeen. Via the Faroe Islands.
Skopje in a 350 (Macedonia just as they were bombing Kosovo! Very helpful RAF air defence co-ordination chap let me through the net) to Münster in Germany straight through Transylvania without being bitten!
Münster to Alexandria in a 206B 1999NM according to my GPS via Italy, Greece and Cyprus. Don't trust the wind forecasts!
Spain, Portugal and the South of France nearly every year with 205's
Lost my side window ( Bell 205) due to vibration cracks over the Alps in 11500ft wearing just a t-shirt on the way to San Remo. Got a new one made up and I wore a jacket on the way back and the damn thing blew out again! They were long and cold flights.
Skopje in a 350 (Macedonia just as they were bombing Kosovo! Very helpful RAF air defence co-ordination chap let me through the net) to Münster in Germany straight through Transylvania without being bitten!
Münster to Alexandria in a 206B 1999NM according to my GPS via Italy, Greece and Cyprus. Don't trust the wind forecasts!
Spain, Portugal and the South of France nearly every year with 205's
Lost my side window ( Bell 205) due to vibration cracks over the Alps in 11500ft wearing just a t-shirt on the way to San Remo. Got a new one made up and I wore a jacket on the way back and the damn thing blew out again! They were long and cold flights.
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From Corvallis, Oregon to Alert, Canada (82 degrees North). As far as I know, Alert is the northernmost continuosly occupied place on earth. I do know that it is pretty isolated, but the Canadian Forces that are stationed there are pretty good guys. I still have no idea how they run a military in two languages!! LOL
2500 NM in 3 days in a 214ST.
2500 NM in 3 days in a 214ST.