Originally Posted by
sany2
Traveling back then took much longer to go the same distance.
But not much longer in total.
Douglas Sleeper Transport could have cruised at, say, 275 km/h and thus taken 6 hours to fly 1650 km (while a modern jet does it in 2 hours), but it would then have flown 6 hours in total, and most widebodies can fly longer. Transatlantic flight may have taken 15 hours by propliner and just 6-9 hours by jet, but surely there are jets, like B747-400, A340 or B77-300ER, which can fly 15 hours and more at a time, while getting much further than transatlantic, with less noise and turbulence. So what is the service like in a 777-300ER?