Whats your Shortest non stop flight?

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Re: Whats your Shortest non stop flight?

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4nm. CCG4 (McEwen's Airfield) - CYQM (Moncton Intl.).
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I would imagine there are many 30 second floatplane flights out there !
4nm from Oliver BC to Covert Farm beneath McIntrye bluff in a Taylorcraft.
They are closed now but the strip still looks useable May try it some day. Paragliding is just next to the strip off the ridge line
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Brings back a memory of flying off the trans Canada HWY ( had to be the longest "runway" I've used ) by Jocko Point at midnight in the winter for a first flight of a Cherokee 140 ( picked it up from the Bomark missile site north of North Bay in the SILO in a hundred pieces !) Landed at the North American NORAD site ( North Bay ) without calling in due to radio problems ( pilot finger trouble ) Highly abbreviated shorter version, of course. The taxiing along the sideroad with attendant snowbanks was more interesting than the flight! I hope Mark C is not reading this :wink:
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I'm trying to figure out why "non stop" is in the thread title.
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I'm trying to figure out why "non stop" is in the thread title.
Hmm, :rolleyes: I guess if you landed on a country road 30 seconds after take-off for fuel, while on your way to destination, that flight would not count....
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Eric Janson wrote: Sat Dec 08, 2018 5:13 pm 9 minutes GCRR - GCFV

9 minutes EHRD - EHAM

Both with the 737-300.
I did that on the b744 25 yrs ago. Fun!
Although it was even more fun to do touch and goes with the 400 at Chateauroux....
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MUSKEG wrote: Mon Dec 17, 2018 1:03 pm I'm trying to figure out why "non stop" is in the thread title.
It’s in reference to this post What was your longest nonstop flight
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8 miles runway to runway. Mary’s Harbour to Fox Harbour Labrador. Regular scheduled passenger flight
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Longest Trip was 12+50. RKPK-EHRD. Busan, S Korea to Rotterdam, NL. Falcon 7X

Longest distance was 5688nm. 12+40. Changi, Singapore to Rotterdam, NL. Falcon 7X

Shortest (2)

CYYZ-CYTZ. Departed 06L and landed straight in on the island. 0+06 Piaggio 180

KEWR-KTEB. Departures eastbound, leveled at 2,000 and then immediately cleared the visual onto 06. 0+06 Falcon 7X

First trip was Nelson BC to Nelson BC 1+06

Most recent trip was CYYZ - CYYC. 4+00

Most desired trip is any amount of time in a Global 7500

Least desired trip is any amount of time a Dornier 328. Never again!
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2NM from Kuredu to Komandoo 1min airborne
MAT DH6-300
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MBGT-MBSY 7.3 nm
Scheduled airline service!

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AK3 to ZBB..Off R25 straight-in R25..32 seconds in my Grumman AA1A/
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Great Circle Distance - 18mi
KMKE - KUES
Piaggio Avanti... 7mins

Or

Great Circle Distance - 12mi
CYYZ - CYTZ
Piaggio Avanti... 7mins
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PilotDAR wrote: Sat Dec 08, 2018 3:42 pm Doug Ronan's to Skywagon City, 1/3 mile (Google earth) liftoff touchdown.

I've also done this flight, albeit not intentionally! Peter had given me the coordinates to his place as I was heading up for a visit. But failed to mention there was an almost identical strip right next to his, also with a collection of different planes and parts laying around. I took a guess and ended up landing at Dougs. He lets me know of my miscalculation after I tell him I was there to see Peter. I quickly apologize and he tells me not to worry about it as he gives me the keys to his truck, points to Peters place and shows me the path leading directly to his house.

I returned after a few hours and made the quick hop from his strip to Peters. That was a fun day!
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I’ve heard of a couple people mistaking Denny Island for Bella Bella then making the 4 mile hop to the right airport.
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goleafsgo wrote: Sun Dec 09, 2018 12:01 am Island Lake to St. Theresa 7NM
I was beat to it. Done it in both directions.

One client once wanted to go to Island Lake. I asked him "There are 2 airports up there, are you sure?" Turns out he wanted to go to St. Theresa, but apparently I was the dumb one for landing at the wrong airport.

Why you would want to go to either sure beats me.
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Two.
Northern Quebec, saint honore airport to bagotville air force base. About 5 miles.
Mirabel airport to dorval airport. Also about 5 miles.
The northern flight took 3 minutes in a light single trainer.
The Montreal area flight took 20 minutes in a large jet!!!
Go figure.
Both in vmc conditions.
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SnotRocket wrote: Sat Jan 05, 2019 7:31 am
goleafsgo wrote: Sun Dec 09, 2018 12:01 am Island Lake to St. Theresa 7NM
I was beat to it. Done it in both directions.

One client once wanted to go to Island Lake. I asked him "There are 2 airports up there, are you sure?" Turns out he wanted to go to St. Theresa, but apparently I was the dumb one for landing at the wrong airport.

Why you would want to go to either sure beats me.
Medevac up there was fun as well. It was hard to get the patient, medevac plane and ground transport to consistently show up at the right airport :D

It was a challenge though to be able to log .0 flight time.
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