What's the longest distance you've flown?
 

What's the most distance you've flown from your home base?

I just got a phone call from my boss this afternoon telling me that next wednsday me and a friend will ferry two 206L4's from Mexico City, Mexico to Bogota, Colombia, the trip is aproximately 2000 NM, and this is the longest trip I've flown yet. I'm looking forward to it, even if it means that the line in my butt will be completely erased in 5 days!

mexico, guatemala, hounduras, nicaragua, costa rica, panama, colombia, Looooots of paperwork!

Deadhorse, Alaska to Layfayette, Louisana in a 500D......almost got to do a Adana, Turkey to Lagos, Nigeria trip....would have been about 6,500 miles.

Torrance, CA, to Naples, FL - back in the early nineties, happy days...
Took 3 and a half days flat! :)

Lagos to London in an S76A

Melbourne to Darwin in a 206B

Brother

3.5hrs across the tundra, in an R22 with a net load of crap underneath. Fortunately had a jerry-can of fuel... :D

London to Moscow In a Gazelle, via Antwerp, Hamburg, Copenahgen, Linkoping,Stockholm,Helsinki , (2 days)St Petersburg and Kalina.(1 week) Red tape in Russia

Istanbul to Norwich in a 206L3 via Thessolonika, Corfu, Brindisi, Pescara, Bologna, Nice, St Enntein, Calais and Southend (2 days)

Both great trips in various weather patterns! along with plenty of trips of upto 1500miles away from the UK.

Why does the 206 give you Rhino. (Rhino sore arse)

:cool:

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Longest one I ever did was at Night flying a Cobra. Length of time was between when the 10% light came on and I landed.
On a more serious note, I just had the fun of Ferrying a B206L from Tucson, AZ to St Thomas, VI.

longest flight
 

Burma to Brunei....

In an SK76A with the aux tank. Several stops in between. Great experience and lots of people to meet and places to enjoy.

D.K

5,300 kms Cairns to Adelaide and return via Bendigo, Victoria and east coast Australia (would have been more but the weather got bad and I got a commercial flight home.
Co-pilot in an R44 2001

3400 kms Anti clockwise round Queensland, Australia
Solo in R22 April 2002

Both part of "Secret Men's Business" tours

have a look at http://secretmensbusiness.homestead.com for the evidence :D

he he!

i'm planning on flying west virginia to los angeles with a good friend of mine next summer in a Bell 47!!!!

Never been to the states before so should be fun, if not a rather long trip!

So you have all accomplished long journeys
 

But how many have had the wisdom , to put a camera in the left hand seat.
Perhaps, the Pprune captains should start a new forum: photos/ taken from my flying machine.

I have taken lots of pictures
 

Capt Notarius

I usually take tons of pictures, actually I just recently traded my old digital, for a brand new Sony Cybershot 707 which takes great pictures!

Visit my Helicopters and Heliports page, but I have got another 8000 pictures taken from my helicopter, ranging from afica to central and south america, and I would love to share them! That idea sounds great!

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/he...toAlbum15.html

Done 920 NM ish in one hit, 8hr 15 min (Includes 30 min hover and no refuel).

As the FTE I got the uncomfortable jump seat (a lovely 2 bits of flat metal at 90 degrees, only the cushion we took with us for comfort). Luckily there were 2 of us to swap around for a spell on the almost comfortable seat in the back.

Elstree to oil platform in the Caspian sea, 40 NM east of Baku.

Longest non-stop in a C172 was Ogden, Utah to San Jose, CA with long rang tanks.
Longest Non Stop was Hayward, CA to Omaha, Nebraska. Longest trip San Jose, CA to Miami and back

Way back in 1952
 

I flew as a flight mechanic in an HTL-1 (early Bell 47) from Miami, Florida to Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York. When we got there we found that we had the wrong swash plate and the engine basket was cracked. The owners of the helo (Miami Coast Guard Air Station) neglected to tell us when we took possession of the helicopter.


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Nairobi, Kenya to Nuuk in in West Greenland, pausing only in UK for an arse transplant. Actually, since it was in a AS350 it was reasonably comfortable. Surprising amount of water though - the globe is truly only 25% land! Wouldn't do it without a GPS:cool:

MBJ, Always suprised that when having the transplant you didn't order a smaller model.

Regards Ed