August 23, 201213 yr Use a shallow hulled boat instead. That's what I was thinking, but it's still too cool! Thank you, Comanche. Smooth Skies! -- Chuck B. MACHINE 1:FS2004/WinXP Pro 64, Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 Clocked to 4.35 GHz, Corsair H50, Asus Maximus Formula, 4GB PNY XLR8 DDR2 @1067, ATI 4870 and 4650, WD Raptor 10K RPM 160 GB HD, Seagate 500 mgb 32mgb cache, 2 Analog 2HTGs w/ 3 19" I-INC flat panel monitors 1280x1024x32, and 1 17" at 1280 x 1024, PC Silencer 750 Quad, FSPassengers, FSUPIC, (Payware), WideFS MACHINE 2: Dell Dimension, P4, WideClient, FDC Live Cockpit, Pro Flight Emulator, Active Sky v6.5 MACHINE 3: ASUS u81A Laptop, Windows 7 (what a joke!), WideClient, FlightSim Commander
August 23, 201213 yr Shortest commercial flight I had ever been on was Oakland to San Francisco. If you measure straightline distance I believe it's less than ten miles between the two. The aircraft was a Metroliner operated by United. Actual distance flown was probably close to thirty miles, as the the Metroliner took off to the North/Northwest, then did a 180 over the bay. It flew in the other direction for some miles, then turned base before final approach into SFO. Shortest straighline commercial flight I was ever on was between Burlington, VT and Plattsburgh, NY. The distance between the two airports was probably around twenty miles. It certainly was odd taking such short flights and I wondered if the airlines operating them ever turned a profit on such short routes. Neither flight was very full. Regards, John
August 23, 201213 yr Doesn't make much sense to book business class then. Any ideas what kind of plane would they fly this with? Obviously a single engine . . . like a Cessna or something? A/C identification is NOT my strong point. Smooth Skies! -- Chuck B. MACHINE 1:FS2004/WinXP Pro 64, Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 Clocked to 4.35 GHz, Corsair H50, Asus Maximus Formula, 4GB PNY XLR8 DDR2 @1067, ATI 4870 and 4650, WD Raptor 10K RPM 160 GB HD, Seagate 500 mgb 32mgb cache, 2 Analog 2HTGs w/ 3 19" I-INC flat panel monitors 1280x1024x32, and 1 17" at 1280 x 1024, PC Silencer 750 Quad, FSPassengers, FSUPIC, (Payware), WideFS MACHINE 2: Dell Dimension, P4, WideClient, FDC Live Cockpit, Pro Flight Emulator, Active Sky v6.5 MACHINE 3: ASUS u81A Laptop, Windows 7 (what a joke!), WideClient, FlightSim Commander
August 23, 201213 yr My shortest was the Air Moorea Tw'otter flight between F'aaa on Tahiti and the island of Moorea. It's 17kms, and about a 10 min flight. I did this flight 6 times in one day once.
August 23, 201213 yr When I worked for United Express (WestAir) back in '88 we had a Fresno (KFAT) to Merced (KMER). We told the pilots to taxi their EMB110 up HWY 99 and let us know how the traffic was...LOL. Jeff D. Nielsen (KMCI) https://www.twitch.tv/pilotskcx https://discord.io/MaxDutyDay VENGEANCE a8200 Gaming PC: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, GeForce RTX 5080, 64GB DDR5, 4TB (2TB/2TB) M.2 SSD, Win11 Pro
August 23, 201213 yr Any ideas what kind of plane would they fly this with? Obviously a single engine . . . like a Cessna or something? A/C identification is NOT my strong point. Commercial flights on this route use a BN Islander. The video OTOH is clearly taken from a single-engine type, I guess on a private flight. Another way of looking at this is that that flight is significantly shorter than the taxiing distance from Terminal 5 at LHR to the departure end of RWY27L/R. As the captain said as we taxied out a couple of years ago, "Ladies and gentlemen, unfortunately the first few miles of our journey to Johannesburg tonight is by road".
August 23, 201213 yr Commercial flights on this route use a BN Islander. The video OTOH is clearly taken from a single-engine type, I guess on a private flight. Another way of looking at this is that that flight is significantly shorter than the taxiing distance from Terminal 5 at LHR to the departure end of RWY27L/R. As the captain said as we taxied out a couple of years ago, "Ladies and gentlemen, unfortunately the first few miles of our journey to Johannesburg tonight is by road". Haha :). You should try 18L/36R at EHAM some time. John-Alan Pascoe
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