What’s the longest non-stop flight you’ve taken - distance or time?

Hagar said:
Heathrow to Accra Ghana on a Boeing 707 in the early sixties..

I cannot remember the flight time as I have lost my BOAC junior jet club handbook. I was about ten years old flying unaccompanied.

I did fly to east Africa at about three months old but I don't remember that one and I suspect the plane landed more than once for fuel.
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I know I am a little younger than you but I still have my Junior Jet Club book, signed by the Captain no less. Hand written distance Tehran - Kuwait - London in 1977 :D

My 1979 flight on the same route was ahem, not via a commercial airline.
 
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CapitalOne said:
I know I am a little younger than you but I still have my Junior Jet Club book, signed by the Captain no less. Hand written distance Tehran - Kuwait - London in 1977 :D

My 1979 flight on the same route was ahem, not via a commercial airline.
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Did you get a tour of the flight deck? Maybe not in the late seventies, i was allowed to sit in the flight engineers seat briefly.

I am intrigued by the last statement. ;)
 
Longest flight - Sydney to Dubai on a Emirates A380. 14 hours I think.

Best flight - Barbados to BVI in the back of a A400M after it had been hit by a hurricane in 2017.
 
Ahleckz said:
I’m with you. I’m 6’1 and really don’t mind economy. Amsterdam to Tokyo would be the longest I’ve done, but economy is totally fine. You can watch some films, walk around a bit, relax, eat and drink. It’s really not that bad!
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I have to disagree. Knees contantly on seat in front. No width. If window a pain to get up if aisle and fall asleep get whack by the trolley.
 
Flight from Joburg to LAX via Dubai.

8.5 hours in the air on leg 1
3 hours on the ground
16.5 hours in the air on the leg from Dubai to LAX. Far, far too long to sit in a plane in one go!
 
Did Heathrow to Bangkok when I went to Sydney back in '98. Seem to remember the entire plane just wanted to sleep.
Can't say I enjoyed it.

What's that? 12hrs
 
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LHR to Santiago, Chile. 14.5 hours or so, was long, but just watched some films, had a sleep, drunk some champagne etc. Always fly long haul with BA using air miles, so long flights aren't such a painful chore.
 
13 hours London to Hong Kong, then less than one hour stopover - then another 12 hours to Nadi (Fiji)

I've done this twice - 2010 and 2014, not sure I could handle it now in my mid 40's
 
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Used to do London to LA all the time 10-11 hours or so, the outbound was fine, but the redeye flight from LAX back to LHR starting at 8pm in the evening or whatever ******* sucked.

If I have to do it again, I’ll probably fork out for business on the return, because I just cannot stand sitting in economy through the night, as I can’t sleep sat down, I need to lay down.

1st world problems!
 
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