From: "John Oellrich" 

Bill,

Can't remember who the charter operator was on my trip to and from Korea.
But my comment about stretch DC-8s included day to day commercial
operators. I know United used them in to the mid to late 80s. Got stuck on
them a couple of times going out to the west coast.

--
john

oellrich{at}earthlink.net


"Bill Lucy"  wrote in message
news:MPG.187a980150915b9a98b1f4{at}news.barkto.com...
> Out of darkness, John Oellrich says...
> > Ronnie,
> >
> > The longest Air Force flight I made was on a C-141 from Osan, Korea to
> > Tokyo. 4 hours as I remember. It was brutal. Cold, noisy, and the seats
were
> > designed by the Marquis de Sade.
>
> I was on a C-130 once that flew from Rheinmein to Rota, Rota to Naples,
Naples to
> Athens, Athens to Naples (again), and then to Palma de Mallorca (my
destination).
>
> I can't tell you how long the flight was. I do know that webbed seats are
not made
> to sleep in.
>
> > But flying from Australia to the US commercial is brutal as well (even
in
> > Business Class, I can't imagine doing it on a military plane. At least
when
> > the USAF shipped my young butt to Korea from the US and back it was on a
> > commercial charter. A stretch DC8, the absolute worst commercial jet to
ever
> > fly, but at least there were stewardesses, the seats reclined a bit and
the
> > temperature was high enough to melt ice cubes ;->
>
> "Capital Airways"? That was my one DC8 flight, from some AFB in NJ to
Rheinmein
> (part of the trip above actually). I believe they had free beer for us.
>
> 
>

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