(BUFDRVR) wrote:

Ron wrote:

I can just imagine what my grandfathers 40+ hour flights in the RB-36 must
have
been like..

Painful. They probably had a little more room, but I'm sure it was just as
noisy, which takes its toll after about a day.


BUFDRVR

Quite right, noise and vibration are very tiring. That's why the
concept of two complete crews didn't work on the Argus, while the
a/c is quite capable of 30 hour flights and there's lots of crew
rest positions, full sized bunks and lazyboy type easy-chairs,
good galley equipment and toilet facilities the crews get
exhausted after about 18 - 20 hours whether they're on duty or
not. The last few years that they were in use they had cut us
down to mostly 18 hour patrols. Deadly enough believe me.
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-Gord.
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