Whats the longest flight/trip you've made in a light airplane?

[FN FAL]

All these are PIC trips...

DFW UIN GRB in a Cessna 320

Beaufort SC to TEB one way in a 172.

MSN to Sarasota to MSN, in an Aztec

GRB to Zepher Hills then Sarasota and back, in a Cessna 320.

GRB OWB LOU GRB in a Cherokee Six.

Various MSN/GRB trips to RIC and South Hill Virginia and back, in Seneca/Aztec/C-320.

MSN to Show Low Arizona and back in a Turbo 210, two separate trips.

MSN to Phoenix Arizona and back in a 414.

MSN to PNE one way, in a 182.

MSN to New Holstein WI, then southern Georgia and back to MSN, with a bunch of intake valves for Tecumseh in the middle of the night.

 

[Shamus]

I think I have you all beat, (granted I didn't take the time to read all 200 posts) . I've crossed the pond in a King Air A90 with no auto pilot from Ft. lauderdale to Paris. It was 22 flight hours in a 32 hour period.


I have another, granted I haven't do it yet, but the offer is there (I don't think I;m going to either). flying a Piper Pawnee (true airspeed of about 120 mph) from Kanasas City down to Argentina. Endurance of 2.5 to 3 hours, and stoping at all the islands for fuel and a ton of customs paperwork. A pawnee is atick and rudder, hence, no auto pilot. I think it is just under 60 hous.

 

[A Squared]

I think I have you all beat, (granted I didn't take the time to read all 200 posts) . I've crossed the pond in a King Air A90 with no auto pilot from Ft. lauderdale to Paris. It was 22 flight hours in a 32 hour period.

Sorry, GKranger said King airs don't count. Besides, FT lauderdale-Paris may not be as far as Anchorage, Maine via Greely CO and it's about half as far as the round trip was. KC to Argentina, Now that would be a trip

 

[flyinloki]

Thats an easy one for me to choose. Two flights both in a 2003 Piper Archer.

Carbondale, IL(MDH)-Springdale, AR-Oklahoma City, OK-Amarillo, TX-Santa Fe, NM-Gallup, NM-Phoenix, AZ-Catalina Island, CA-Phonix, AZ-Alberquerque, NM-Amarillo, TX-Oklahoma City, OK-Springdale, AR-Carbondale, IL (MDH)

Then 3 months later pretty much the same initial legs but this time to Alberquerque instead of Santa Fe and then to Wilson, AZ and up to Las Vegas, NV and then back again.

I think that the first one was 36 hours and the second one was like 33 hours. Both trips had massive headwinds going west but great tailwinds coming back. And both trips were completly paid for by my students cause it was for IFR training to get them done quickly. Fun trips. First time that I had ever been to the Pacific OCean much less flying over it in a single engine piper to Catalina Island. And Vegas and night is unbelievable from the air and we got vectored over the hoover dam both times going into and leaving vegas. Fun fun.

 

[petergibbins]

me and a friend flew a c152 from Nathcitoches, LA (IER) to Grand Forks, ND (GFK).

 

[trybysky]

Xc

I brought a friends C152 from South Carolina to Spokane Washington. It was quite a trip, got lot's of good pics....thanks Don!

 

[soonerpilot625]

I have another, granted I haven't do it yet, but the offer is there (I don't think I;m going to either). flying a Piper Pawnee (true airspeed of about 120 mph) from Kanasas City down to Argentina. Endurance of 2.5 to 3 hours, and stoping at all the islands for fuel and a ton of customs paperwork. A pawnee is atick and rudder, hence, no auto pilot. I think it is just under 60 hous.

Is this a ferry flight?

 

[Lead Sled]

...flying a Piper Pawnee (true airspeed of about 120 mph) from Kanasas City down to Argentina. Endurance of 2.5 to 3 hours, and stoping at all the islands for fuel and a ton of customs paperwork. A pawnee is stick and rudder, hence, no auto pilot. I think it is just under 60 hours.

Why not just put avgas in the hopper and buy a Human Element Range Extender, then you can non-stop it.

'Sled

 

[cargoflyr69]

I've flown a twin comanche from Minnesota to Cambridge Bay on Victoria Island (way north of the arctic circle) and back. Almost 40 hour on the hobbs!!! Was a trip of a lifetime and the Char fishing wasn't half bad either.

 

[citabriapilot]

Flew from Jacksonville FL to Sao Luis Brazi in a C-182 when I was a missionary pilot. Ferried the plane to and from Brazil as well as flew within the country. Longest ferry leg was Barbados to French Guayana - 5.2 hours.

 

[LXApilot]

Longest Flight?

Longest trip I've done in a single engine airplane was this past summer with 2 friends from college... we flew a Piper Cherokee Six from Jacksonville, Florida to Fairbanks, Alaska and down to Homer, Alaska before returning via the "trench" to Prince George, Seattle, Denver and back home to Jacksonville. All told about 80 hours of flight time over 3 weeks. Over 4,500 nm travelled.

Longest single stage distance in a single engine airplane that I have personally flown was from Watson Lake, Yukon to Prince George, BC with a stage length of 550nm in the Cherokee Six.

I love long flights - actually feel like you did something.

Sounds like you guys have had some great/interesting flights. Keep it going.

 

[Lead Sled]

When it comes to light airplanes, I've done Kemmerer Wyoming to Bethel Alaska in a C421 and down throughout Mexico several times in an Aztec and a Cessna 340. If I can find a good enough seat cushion, my goal is to get an Aeronca 7AC Champ and fly it to all of the lower 48 states.

'Sled

 

[trip]

Hey LXA whats fuel going for in Watson Lake these days? I paid well over 3.00$ (litre I think) in '95 and was darn glad to pay it after diverting from Whitehorse! Its a great trip I would like to do again someday.

 

[Flyin Tony]

I flew an aircoupe for 25 hours in 2 days PA to AZ

 

[VNugget]

San Jose to Phoenix in a Waco ASO-9

8 hours, 3 fuel stops, highway speeds, some extremely chapped lips, and 2 SORE ASSES. Not to mention the trim that's in notches, none of which neutralizes the stick. Actually, come to think of it, I was the trim.

Wouldn't trade it for the world.

 

[bobs98tlr]

06C (Schaumburg, IL)- DSM- TUL-AFW.....back the next day. 17 hours round trip...in an Archer.

Was at night the whole way down and half the way back up....CRAZY. Wouldnt trade that trip for much of anything but damn i was stupid doing that single engine at night.

 

[FearlessFreep]

This thread is still running? Just briefly browsing though no mentions of serious ferry flights.

My longest non-stop flight in a small aircraft was a C-182 from PHTO (Hilo, HI) to KOAK (Oakland, CA). 15:45 total duration. Oh yeah, no Autopilot, position reports on a HF radio that was connected to antenna that had to be manually matched to each frequency. That and the aircraft is seriously over gross by 30% (with FAA approval of course - Special Flight Permit). It was a real handful till you got burned down to normal max gross weight.

Have had longer "trips", multiple legs.

I am sure that there are some other overwater ferry pilots that could eclipse my flight.

Good Luck To Us All!

 

[Steve]

I think I have you all beat, (granted I didn't take the time to read all 200 posts) . I've crossed the pond in a King Air A90 with no auto pilot from Ft. lauderdale to Paris. It was 22 flight hours in a 32 hour period.


I have another, granted I haven't do it yet, but the offer is there (I don't think I;m going to either). flying a Piper Pawnee (true airspeed of about 120 mph) from Kanasas City down to Argentina. Endurance of 2.5 to 3 hours, and stoping at all the islands for fuel and a ton of customs paperwork. A pawnee is atick and rudder, hence, no auto pilot. I think it is just under 60 hous.

Wouldn't it be a lot cheaper to box up the pawnee and ship it my sea?

 

[RichardRambone]

Anyone know how long it would take to get to Columbia in a 421? Ive got, uh, friends I need to see there that want to sell me a large white cheese block.

 

[Avimec]

WEll Charlotte nc to L.a. in a cherakee 140.....22hours in three days, never again.