What's the longest distance you've flown?
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In 2003, I was given the task of bringing an S61 back to Vancouver, BC, Canada from Maturin, Venezuela. Daily routing as follows…
Maturin, VZ – Caracus, Venezuela– St Georges, Grenada.
St. Georges – St. John’s VC Bird, Antigua – San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan - Provodenciales, Turks and Caicos – Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau – West Palm Beach, Florida – Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL - Madison, Mississippi – Dallas (Addison Field) Texas
Dallas, TX – Roswell, New Mexico – Gallup NM – Grand Canyon South Airport, AZ
Grand Canyon, AZ – Tonopah, NV – Reno, NV
Reno, NV – Eugene Oregon – Vancouver, BC
5245 NM, 47.7 hours flight time and nine days travel
Last October we picked up a S92 in Iqaluit and with the help of 55kt tailwinds made it back to St. John’s NL in 7.7 hours with only one stop in Goose Bay, just over 1100 NM.
Maturin, VZ – Caracus, Venezuela– St Georges, Grenada.
St. Georges – St. John’s VC Bird, Antigua – San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan - Provodenciales, Turks and Caicos – Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau – West Palm Beach, Florida – Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL - Madison, Mississippi – Dallas (Addison Field) Texas
Dallas, TX – Roswell, New Mexico – Gallup NM – Grand Canyon South Airport, AZ
Grand Canyon, AZ – Tonopah, NV – Reno, NV
Reno, NV – Eugene Oregon – Vancouver, BC
5245 NM, 47.7 hours flight time and nine days travel
Last October we picked up a S92 in Iqaluit and with the help of 55kt tailwinds made it back to St. John’s NL in 7.7 hours with only one stop in Goose Bay, just over 1100 NM.
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Canadian,
I was supposed to do the same trip on the next contract in Maturin, but we only got as far as Hammond, Louisiana. Lovely trip it was, water like glass most of the way.
Personally, I have done Cape Town-Abidjan and back, CPT-Malabo, CPT-LAD-CPT, CPT-Maputo-CPT mostly in the 61 but some 76 too. It gets a bit long when you are sat in the back, though. I have respect for the pilots who do it for a living.
I was supposed to do the same trip on the next contract in Maturin, but we only got as far as Hammond, Louisiana. Lovely trip it was, water like glass most of the way.
Personally, I have done Cape Town-Abidjan and back, CPT-Malabo, CPT-LAD-CPT, CPT-Maputo-CPT mostly in the 61 but some 76 too. It gets a bit long when you are sat in the back, though. I have respect for the pilots who do it for a living.
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Goose Bay - Bishop Falls - Passadena NL - Blanc Sablon QC - Havre St-Pierre - Sept Iles - Quebec city - Montreal. (1870nm) about 5 days, lots of bad weather but nice landscapes, specially in NL, downside....did it in a 206LR.....
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FALA FBFT FBKE FLLI FYKM FLMG return with some side trips between FYKM and FLMG (FLMG approx, was at a fishing camp another 45min north). Took our driver 3 days to take our boat and fuel ahead of us FYKM to FLMG!
Total trip ~2000nm over 7 days, 22hrs flying (B407)
Longest day FBKE to FALA via customs FBKT, Pilansburg, lunch at The Lost City then FALA then FAJS for the trip home.
No jet could match this trip, though it would be cheaper!!
Total trip ~2000nm over 7 days, 22hrs flying (B407)
Longest day FBKE to FALA via customs FBKT, Pilansburg, lunch at The Lost City then FALA then FAJS for the trip home.
No jet could match this trip, though it would be cheaper!!
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Longest RW flight ; non-stop ? 1035 nm DCT
Well - seems like this thread's official question is being answered in variety of ways. For me, its nice to take long cross-country with lots of scenery and lots of fuel stops. Let's face it, helicopters are not exactly known for their fuel efficiency ! But when it comes to being a fuel hog, not many aircraft (1) exceed the H-53E series. With 3 T64GE-416 engines slurping about 5000 pph in normal "economic" cruise, it should be easy to feel guilty for not using a Prius . . . but instead its orgasmic ! Anyway - getting back to the question - and answer; it was a normal flight for us to fly 53Es non-stop from the NATO/Naval Air Base in Singonella Sicily to Tel Aviv non-stop and I just used an iPad app to calculate the great circle distance which showed it as 1,035 nm. We used to go to Rota (Cadiz), Spain also on the Atlantic side direct from "Sig" but that is shown to be a bit less at 1.018 nm. Usually 2 air-refueling plugs with a C-130 would do it. I'm pretty sure that others have flown further but this was a typical milk-run route that we ran regularly. Would be curious to hear what others have done elsewhere. I would guess that the USAF's older twin-engined versioned 53J or the ANG's H-60H's would probably fly longer or further missions for their rescue or satellite retrieval flights. But one of the early transatlantic flights with HH-3s and/or 53s in the 60's and 70's probably win hands down...Would love to hear !
Run that by me again - you fly from Sicily to Cadiz, then to Tel Aviv? How does that work?
Dick, I don't think it's fair you commenting on this thread! Nobody has flown as far as you 
And Dick, not fair to mention solo around the world in the B206, or the runs to the North Pole, or going round the world north to south - it tends to make us mortals feel inferior!
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I hope myremark was taken in jest - it was certainly meant that way, along with implicit admiration!
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All Day
August 1998.
Portland, Oregon to 500 nautical miles out over the Pacific to meet a Korean freighter with a critically ill seaman. Hoisted 3 PJ's down. Loitered for a couple of hours while the PJs worked their majic and then back to Portland. Many refuelings and a frontal penetration that day. 60G Pavehawk with the able assistance of a Herc tanker. My record for hours in a Mustang survival suit as well.
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Portland, Oregon to 500 nautical miles out over the Pacific to meet a Korean freighter with a critically ill seaman. Hoisted 3 PJ's down. Loitered for a couple of hours while the PJs worked their majic and then back to Portland. Many refuelings and a frontal penetration that day. 60G Pavehawk with the able assistance of a Herc tanker. My record for hours in a Mustang survival suit as well.
DT
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connecticut to virgin gorda bvi and back. 5,000 mile trip
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