What is the longest turbo prop flight you have taken?
Jul 12, 2013, 4:12 am
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What is the longest turbo prop flight you have taken?
I have not taken this but at 3:30 hrs Dutch Harbor (DUT) to Anchorage (ANC) looks very long. What is your longest experience, or longest that you know of?
Jul 12, 2013, 4:38 am
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JFK-KEF-LUX in a Canadair CL-44J in 1970.
Remember that there was a time, before the jet era and for a while after it, when large turboprops flew many long routes. When it was introduced, the CL-44J had the largest passenger capacity of any aircraft. If you meant to restrict the question to planes under a certain size, you should have said so.
Remember that there was a time, before the jet era and for a while after it, when large turboprops flew many long routes. When it was introduced, the CL-44J had the largest passenger capacity of any aircraft. If you meant to restrict the question to planes under a certain size, you should have said so.
Jul 12, 2013, 6:07 am
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I know this is an airliner thread but I will toss these military space-available hops out anyway ...
Jan 1975 on a Lockheed P-3B Orion (Navy variant of the Electra II) -- ADW-LCK-FFO-NBU-BKF (overnight)-MOD-NUQ; approx 2700 miles
Aug 1977 on a C-130E -- VNY-HNL ... 2500-some miles; 8+45 at 23000 feet
Sep 1977 on a P-3B -- NBU-NZY, approx 1800 miles, close to 6 hrs
Oct 1977 on a C-130E -- VNY-FAT-MCL-ADW, approx 2800 miles, the transcon leg was about 8+30
Jan 1975 on a Lockheed P-3B Orion (Navy variant of the Electra II) -- ADW-LCK-FFO-NBU-BKF (overnight)-MOD-NUQ; approx 2700 miles
Aug 1977 on a C-130E -- VNY-HNL ... 2500-some miles; 8+45 at 23000 feet
Sep 1977 on a P-3B -- NBU-NZY, approx 1800 miles, close to 6 hrs
Oct 1977 on a C-130E -- VNY-FAT-MCL-ADW, approx 2800 miles, the transcon leg was about 8+30
Last edited by jrl767; Jul 12, 2013 at 7:19 am Reason: correct date for ADW-NUQ; add mileage and times
Jul 12, 2013, 6:08 am
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Jul 12, 2013, 6:26 am
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as far as airline flights go, I can claim these from 2007, both approx 675 miles and 2+15 flight time:
LAX-BOI on a DH4
SEA-BIL on a DH4
I have an all-turboprop transcon trip (with qualifiers) from 2008 which I will add later
LAX-BOI on a DH4
SEA-BIL on a DH4
I have an all-turboprop transcon trip (with qualifiers) from 2008 which I will add later
Jul 12, 2013, 6:42 am
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Does a Dash-8 count? If so, LAX-MFR is probably the longest I've had to spend on one.
Another "prop" plane...a C130 from Bagram to Qatar...a very long, slow flight that took about 5 hours (flying around Iranian airspace)...
Another "prop" plane...a C130 from Bagram to Qatar...a very long, slow flight that took about 5 hours (flying around Iranian airspace)...
Jul 12, 2013, 6:58 am
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JFK-KEF-LUX in a Canadair CL-44J in 1970.
Remember that there was a time, before the jet era and for a while after it, when large turboprops flew many long routes. When it was introduced, the CL-44J had the largest passenger capacity of any aircraft. If you meant to restrict the question to planes under a certain size, you should have said so.
Remember that there was a time, before the jet era and for a while after it, when large turboprops flew many long routes. When it was introduced, the CL-44J had the largest passenger capacity of any aircraft. If you meant to restrict the question to planes under a certain size, you should have said so.
Some more info on that plane from WIKI:
Loftleiðir was the only passenger operator of the CL-44J, variant of CL-44D4 stretched on request by Canadair. It was the largest passenger aircraft flying over the Atlantic ocean at that time. Loftleiðir marketed the CL-44J under the name "Rolls-Royce 400 PropJet". This led to the confusion that the CL-44J is sometimes referred to as the Canadair-400. Loftleiðir Icelandic Airlines merged with Flugfelag Islands in 1973 and became today's Icelandair.
Jul 12, 2013, 7:12 am
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yeah, see my MilAir trips mentioned above (just edited to add flight times) ... aren't those a great way to travel ...
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Jul 12, 2013, 7:34 am
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as promised (threatened?) -- Sep 2008 I had to travel from DC to SAN for a conference, and was able to split the trip in MSP in such a way that I got entirely across the country -- half-way westbound, the other half eastbound -- on turboprops
DCA-MSP NW 757
MSP-ATY-PIR NW (Mesaba) Saab, overnight
PIR-DEN UA (Great Lakes) Beech 1900
DEN-BIL F9 DH4
BIL-SEA AS (Horizon) DH4
SEA-SAN AS 739 (had originally booked SEA-PDX on a DH4, PDX-SAN on a 734)
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SAN-MSP NW 320
MSP-MQT NW(Mesaba) Saab
MQT-DTW NW (Mesaba) Saab
DTW-CHO NW (Mesaba) Saab
DCA-MSP NW 757
MSP-ATY-PIR NW (Mesaba) Saab, overnight
PIR-DEN UA (Great Lakes) Beech 1900
DEN-BIL F9 DH4
BIL-SEA AS (Horizon) DH4
SEA-SAN AS 739 (had originally booked SEA-PDX on a DH4, PDX-SAN on a 734)
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SAN-MSP NW 320
MSP-MQT NW(Mesaba) Saab
MQT-DTW NW (Mesaba) Saab
DTW-CHO NW (Mesaba) Saab
Jul 12, 2013, 7:37 am
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as promised (threatened?) -- Sep 2008 I had to travel from DC to SAN for a conference, and was able to split the trip in MSP in such a way that I got entirely across the country -- half-way westbound, the other half eastbound -- on turboprops
DCA-MSP NW 757
MSP-ATY-PIR NW (Mesaba) Saab, overnight
PIR-DEN UA (Great Lakes) Beech 1900
DEN-BIL F9 DH4
BIL-SEA AS (Horizon) DH4
SEA-SAN AS 739
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SAN-MSP NW 320
MSP-MQT NW(Mesaba) Saab
MQT-DTW NW (Mesaba) Saab
DTW-CHO NW (Mesaba) Saab
DCA-MSP NW 757
MSP-ATY-PIR NW (Mesaba) Saab, overnight
PIR-DEN UA (Great Lakes) Beech 1900
DEN-BIL F9 DH4
BIL-SEA AS (Horizon) DH4
SEA-SAN AS 739
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SAN-MSP NW 320
MSP-MQT NW(Mesaba) Saab
MQT-DTW NW (Mesaba) Saab
DTW-CHO NW (Mesaba) Saab
Fantastic! I just love turboprops. Not sure why but just love them. Would have very much enjoyed to do something like this.
Jul 12, 2013, 8:01 am
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When my USAir PIT-EWR-PBG award flight turned into:
PIT-EWR - JET
EWR-ALB-SLK-PBG-BTV - I can't remember the aircraft - 10-12 rows of 1x1 seating and wings above the windows - early 1990s. 4 hops were only 300'ish miles, but 3 land/deplane/enplane/takeoff cycles made it long and painful.
The last hop was all of 20 miles and about 7 minutes.
PIT-EWR - JET
EWR-ALB-SLK-PBG-BTV - I can't remember the aircraft - 10-12 rows of 1x1 seating and wings above the windows - early 1990s. 4 hops were only 300'ish miles, but 3 land/deplane/enplane/takeoff cycles made it long and painful.
The last hop was all of 20 miles and about 7 minutes.
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Jul 12, 2013, 8:12 am
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Lockheed electra had a range of about 2500 miles. i think i flew a one stop dca to sfo or lax(stopped in den.). they were used by eastern for dca -lga and dca-bos. i do not remember flying dca mia in one. they were terrible riding planes. horrible vibration. they became the P3 orion, and did submarine duty. hung in the air for over 12 hrs.