Any fliers?

On 20 May 2004 21:05:09 GMT, (BUFDRVR) wrote:

Mike Marron wrote:

Both the doggy ol' '56 Cessna spamcan and the BUFF would
bore me to tears

I'll take you on night/NVG TA sortie through the foothills of the
Sierra-Nevadas, if you're bored, you haven't got a pulse

Can I go instead!?

OK thanks, thats great! Where and what time?

:-)


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Steve.

Steve (from the UK?) wrote:

Can I go instead!?

OK thanks, thats great! Where and what time?

Damn, you're asking for a Global Power! RAF Fairford to western Montana and
back. I'm guessing thats in the 20+ hour ball park (unless we can get great
circle routing across the Atlantic into Northern Canada). Are you up for almost
an entire day airborne?


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"

"BUFDRVR" wrote in message
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Steve (from the UK?) wrote:

Can I go instead!?

OK thanks, thats great! Where and what time?

Damn, you're asking for a Global Power! RAF Fairford to western Montana
and
back. I'm guessing thats in the 20+ hour ball park (unless we can get
great
circle routing across the Atlantic into Northern Canada). Are you up for
almost
an entire day airborne?

Heck with him. Take me for that ride and I'll come to which ever
base is most convent to you. All I ask is notice equivalent to road
miles between the Louisville KY area and that location at an average
of 80mph -I have to allow *some* time for fuel stops and dodging
cops.

On Mon, 24 May 2004 00:56:14 -0400, "John Keeney"
wrote:

Heck with him. Take me for that ride and I'll come to which ever
base is most convent to you.

In the true spirit of aviation, all I can say is...back of the queue! ;-)

I'm sure there's room for both of us though. Hell, I'll wing-walk if
neccessary!


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Steve.

On 23 May 2004 18:52:23 GMT, (BUFDRVR) wrote:

Steve (from the UK?) wrote:

Yep.

Can I go instead!?

OK thanks, thats great! Where and what time?

Damn, you're asking for a Global Power!

I am? Oh well, in for a penny...

RAF Fairford to western Montana and
back. I'm guessing thats in the 20+ hour ball park (unless we can get great
circle routing across the Atlantic into Northern Canada).

Sounds good. I'm only an hour from Fairford.

Are you up for almost an entire day airborne?

I'd give it a go. Got to be more comfortable than a Cessna pukebox. :-) I'll
bring my camera and notepad and write a 'day in the life of BUFDRVR'
article. :-)


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Steve.

Steve wrote:

Are you up for almost an entire day airborne?

I'd give it a go. Got to be more comfortable than a Cessna pukebox. :-)

I thought that too...until my first Global Power sortie. 28+ hours and when we
landed they poured me out of the jet and my head and back hurt for three days.
I'm here to tell you they're no fun.....novel, but not fun. My comfort limit is
24 hours. Anything longer and I'm in pain.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"

I thought that too...until my first Global Power sortie. 28+ hours and when
we
landed they poured me out of the jet and my head and back hurt for three
days.
I'm here to tell you they're no fun.....novel, but not fun. My comfort limit
is
24 hours. Anything longer and I'm in pain.


BUFDRVR


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


Ron
Tanker 65, C-54E (DC-4)
Silver City Tanker Base

362436 (Ron) wrote in
:

I thought that too...until my first Global Power sortie. 28+
hours and when we
landed they poured me out of the jet and my head and back hurt
for three days.
I'm here to tell you they're no fun.....novel, but not fun. My
comfort limit is
24 hours. Anything longer and I'm in pain.

Do you get to stretch your legs much during such a flight?


BUFDRVR


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

I came over this tidbit while reading up on the RB-36:

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/histo...twwii/rb36.htm



Regards...

Bjørnar Bolsøy wrote:

Do you get to stretch your legs much during such a flight?


The only real place to stretch your legs is between decks on the ladder. You
can do it sitting down too if you adjust the rudder pedals full forward, but
stretching your legs with a numb rear end isn't as useful.

BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"

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

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"