very long plane ride

Trevor Carpenter wrote:

In order to test the route and the facilities and arrangements in advance of G7, a Japan Air Self-Defense Force VIP Boeing 777 flew from Tokyo to Newquay, UK. It's overhead me in Farnborough here still at 36,000 feet at 0820 this morning. At 1530 this afternoon it was overhead the UK on its way back. G9 and PL100-400

Nice!

Now and then I also take pictures of planes at these higher flight levels only to see what is written on them, like this United Arab Emirates one.

Not sure what type it is, but probably an A-380 as they have several of them.

E-5, 50-200 SWD +TC 1.4

Liewenberger

Nice....I take this kind of planespotting shots now and then, never tried yet with Olympus 100-400 lens...It's very popular in Poland and Russia with camera mounted on telescope.

Here's one of mine with 75-300mm:

Here's tread for shots at cruising altitudes in Russian Aviation forum:

Фотографирование самолётов на эшелоне RNAV spotting

https://www.flickr.com/photos/100481065@N02/albums

Baby steps, that's just under 6,000 miles, the scheduled Perth (Australia) to London non-stop is a whisker under 9,000 miles. Something over 18 hours in the air, can't think of a greater agony.

Guy Parsons wrote:

Baby steps, that's just under 6,000 miles, the scheduled Perth (Australia) to London non-stop is a whisker under 9,000 miles. Something over 18 hours in the air, can't think of a greater agony.

First, there's no such thing - non-stop flights - planes do ALWAYS Stop - at the airport of destination. There are Direct Flights and Connecting Flights, but NO non-stop flights.

This aircraft - Airbus A350 of Singapore Airlines flew 10,387 mi in 18h 24min:

9V-SGG Flight SIA24 / SQ24

I took picture from home when it was passing close to my home at about 4000 ft was banking on approach to JFK RWY 22's:

HenryBH wrote:

"A direct flight in the aviation industry is any flight between two points by an airline with no change in flight numbers, which may include one or more stops at an intermediate point. A stop may either be to get new passengers or a technical stop over. " Wikipedia

"a technical stop over" - no more Non-Stop? Diverted "Non-Stop" - no more Non-Stop? And if plane flying, let's say LHR to JFK and when it lands at JFK - End of Non-Stop? IT STOPPED - as same as all other flights....So, Where are Non-Stop planes flying? ISS is prolly flying Non-Stop....but comes time when it Stops..... Does Wikipedia have photos or videos of a plane flying Non-Stop? Do English speaking people understand - what it mean: Non-Stop?

Gintaras B. wrote:

HenryBH wrote:

"A direct flight in the aviation industry is any flight between two points by an airline with no change in flight numbers, which may include one or more stops at an intermediate point. A stop may either be to get new passengers or a technical stop over. " Wikipedia

"a technical stop over" - no more Non-Stop? Diverted "Non-Stop" - no more Non-Stop? And if plane flying, let's say LHR to JFK and when it lands at JFK - End of Non-Stop? IT STOPPED - as same as all other flights....So, Where are Non-Stop planes flying? ISS is prolly flying Non-Stop....but comes time when it Stops..... Does Wikipedia have photos or videos of a plane flying Non-Stop? Do English speaking people understand - what it mean: Non-Stop?

Clever choice of words, but we all know what Non stop means - L

Did the San Fran - Paris (Air France) Seemed like a lifetime in the air.. Someone was talking about Farnborough, I used to live in a block of apartments very close to end of the main runway.. On Open days we could watch the displays and also see the planes just after they took off.. Later in life, I was able to actually visit the Farnborough Air Show on the pre Open to the public days.. I felt very honored.. I cannot tell you who I was with, but we did meet  a few of the Red Arrow pilots..  L

Gintaras B. wrote:

HenryBH wrote:

"A direct flight in the aviation industry is any flight between two points by an airline with no change in flight numbers, which may include one or more stops at an intermediate point. A stop may either be to get new passengers or a technical stop over. " Wikipedia

"a technical stop over" - no more Non-Stop? Diverted "Non-Stop" - no more Non-Stop? And if plane flying, let's say LHR to JFK and when it lands at JFK - End of Non-Stop? IT STOPPED - as same as all other flights....So, Where are Non-Stop planes flying? ISS is prolly flying Non-Stop....but comes time when it Stops..... Does Wikipedia have photos or videos of a plane flying Non-Stop? Do English speaking people understand - what it mean: Non-Stop?

Like it or not, Gintaras, but Henry is right!

'Nonstop' Flight is an established term in aviation. If you book a nonstop flight from A to D, there will be no in-between stop in B or even in-between stops in B and C. One flight, one plane, one flight number.

A 'Direct' Flight - see Henry's explanation. Still o.k., but it just lasts longer than a nonstop flight.

Liewenberger

Guy Parsons wrote:

Baby steps, that's just under 6,000 miles, the scheduled Perth (Australia) to London non-stop is a whisker under 9,000 miles. Something over 18 hours in the air, can't think of a greater agony.

I'm truly sorry I use the term "non-stop" as I seem to have created a non-stop nonsense sub-thread.

Maybe I should have said "direct flight with no intermediate stops" but as mentioned, anyone used to airlines knows what the term "non-stop" means in airline language. The language pixel peepers can have all the fun they want, but real people know what is meant.

Guy Parsons wrote:

Guy Parsons wrote:

Baby steps, that's just under 6,000 miles, the scheduled Perth (Australia) to London non-stop is a whisker under 9,000 miles. Something over 18 hours in the air, can't think of a greater agony.

I'm truly sorry I use the term "non-stop" as I seem to have created a non-stop nonsense sub-thread.

Maybe I should have said "direct flight with no intermediate stops" but as mentioned, anyone used to airlines knows what the term "non-stop" means in airline language. The language pixel peepers can have all the fun they want, but real people know what is meant.

Absolutely - I'm just boarding AF1 - Honestly

@ Castle Air Museum  Atwater  Ca --  (Mini Version)

Messier Object wrote:

Guy Parsons wrote:

Guy Parsons wrote:

Baby steps, that's just under 6,000 miles, the scheduled Perth (Australia) to London non-stop is a whisker under 9,000 miles. Something over 18 hours in the air, can't think of a greater agony.

I'm truly sorry I use the term "non-stop" as I seem to have created a non-stop nonsense sub-thread.

Maybe I should have said "direct flight with no intermediate stops" but as mentioned, anyone used to airlines knows what the term "non-stop" means in airline language. The language pixel peepers can have all the fun they want, but real people know what is meant.

If talking of stops and peeping then Equivalence must also come into play.

A 14-hr flight in Economy is equivalent to a 3-hr flight in Business class or a 1hr flight in First.

Just like bigger sensors catch more light bigger/better seats let you catch more sleep, and the effective flight time = how long you’re not sleeping, and the quality of your sleep is like image quality.

Peter

Depends of airline. I did flew JFK-HND on Japan Airlines Priority Economy and back NRT to JFK - regular economy. Japan Airlines is best in the World in Economy Class and I was just fine. On 1st leg to Tokyo, I was hanging out with stewardesses and flight went so fast that for me it looked like it was 7-8 hr. flight.

How much Light "catches" sensor - it doesn't depend on sensor size, but rather on ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture combination

Gintaras B. wrote:

Depends of airline. I did flew JFK-HND on Japan Airlines Priority Economy and back NRT to JFK - regular economy. Japan Airlines is best in the World in Economy Class and I was just fine. On 1st leg to Tokyo, I was hanging out with stewardesses and flight went so fast that for me it looked like it was 7-8 hr. flight.

And I did a 9 hour Japan to Melbourne leg on a 787 in cattle class with those narrower than usual seats. It felt like an 18 hour trip, horrible.

The best ride was leg Singapore to Japan in Singapore Airlines A380 when they used the back of upstairs for regular economy, window side row was only 2 seats well spaced from the curved roofline so wife and I were very comfortable - best ever cattle class seating we have ever had. Upstairs at the back though was a bit noisier than another A380 ride in the usual downstairs economy cabin where some of the time it was so quiet and stable I was wondering if we were flying.

So no equivalence in cattle class seating, it ranges from 787 torture to A380 comfort and still gets you there at the same time.

On an historical note my first ever passenger flight was on a Boeing 707 in 1965 when long distance flights were still a bit of a novelty and they even issued "crossing the equator" certificates to all on board, still have that somewhere in my treasures. No such thing as non-stop then, the stops were Sydney-Brisbane-Darwin-Jakarta-New Delhi-Tehran-Rome-London.