How many times have you been on an airplane

[rivan]

26 hours, man how out of whack does that make you?

Hah... there's a reason those trips were 2 weeks long.

Add a huge time change and a season change into the mix. Whee!

That said, both of those trips were amazing, and I'd do them again in a heartbeat.

 

[busydude]

I guess being a pilot makes me flight quite frequently

Did you ever drink and fly?

 

[xanis]

3 times to Florida
2 times to California
1 time to Georgia
1 time to Nevada
1 time to Spain

8 times total in my life.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

I would LOVE to fly in a Blue Angels plane, I don't care if I hurl, that would be the thrill of a lifetime for me.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Many many times. I flew to NY and back last month between 4 different flights...I've probably made this trip at least a dozen times. Flown to Vegas a few times, FL a couple times, Europe once, Maui once, Central America once. This is just counting commercial flights and not including the small private planes I've flown in.

 

[OCGuy]

How many times have you pretended it was a shooting star?

 

[Kirby]

26 hours gate to gate from STL-> Cape Town, South Africa
20-ish hours (IIRC) from STL-> Seoul, Korea

I'm 6'5" and both were personal travel - coach. With small kids (just one to SA, 2 to Seoul).

Otherwise, I've been to Hawaii a few times, Mexico once, the northeast a few times (NY/Boston/etc), the west / southwest a bunch (AZ & CA), and Seattle once.

Probably 50 or so flights.

Holy shit, it took you 20 hours to Seoul? I think it only took me 14-16 from Birmingham.

 

[kranky]

Over a hundred, and it becomes more and more unpleasant each time. I have to travel next week and I'm already dreading it.

One time that was interesting was the time I flew out of Pittsburgh's old airport, and returned to the new one which had just opened the day before I returned. It was funny to see every single passenger gawking and uncertain, not knowing where anything was. Not a single person doing that purposeful, no-nonsense high speed walking you see all the time in airports.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Holy shit, it took you 20 hours to Seoul? I think it only took me 14-16 from Birmingham.

They too the scenic route, the one where you go really high and all you can see are clouds.

 

[JimmiG]

How cool are those high speed trains? They look like it would be fucking awesome doing 200mph+.

Because of our underdeveloped rail network, ours only do around 130mph with ones doing 160mph being introduced soon. But I've been on true 200mph high-speed trains in Germany and Spain. So silent and smooth :thumbsup:

 

[ViviTheMage]

I have been a lot of planes, no way I could count.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Because of our underdeveloped rail network, ours only do around 130mph with ones doing 160mph being introduced soon. But I've been on true 200mph high-speed trains in Germany and Spain. So silent and smooth :thumbsup:

Oh yeah, i've been on a few ... epicly fast!

 

[GTaudiophile]

Too many to count. Been flying since I was an infant. I was also a private pilot.

I also fly frequently for business.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Because of our underdeveloped rail network, ours only do around 130mph with ones doing 160mph being introduced soon. But I've been on true 200mph high-speed trains in Germany and Spain. So silent and smooth :thumbsup:

Problem in the USA is that the freight rail companies own the tracks. They have no reason to improve them.

But yeah, Antrak is embarrassing to anyone who has been on a German/French/Swiss/Japanese high-speed train.

 

[coxmaster]

Did you ever drink and fly?

Nope . Keep in mind im not a commercial pilot or anything like that.. Just a lowly private pilot that enjoys flying as often as possible

 

[spacejamz]

I would LOVE to fly in a Blue Angels plane, I don't care if I hurl, that would be the thrill of a lifetime for me.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Because of our underdeveloped rail network, ours only do around 130mph with ones doing 160mph being introduced soon. But I've been on true 200mph high-speed trains in Germany and Spain. So silent and smooth :thumbsup:

I have too. So superior to air travel it isn't even funny.

 

[Kirby]

Because of our underdeveloped rail network, ours only do around 130mph with ones doing 160mph being introduced soon. But I've been on true 200mph high-speed trains in Germany and Spain. So silent and smooth :thumbsup:

Yup. I've been on the 190mph KTX in S. Korea. :thumbsup:

 

[spacejamz]

You ever been in a cockpit before?

 

[kranky]

Problem in the USA is that the freight rail companies own the tracks. They have no reason to improve them.

I think you have it backwards. Highways and airports are built and maintained by tax dollars. Railroads are on their own. It's not a level playing field. Once tax dollars started flowing into building highways and supporting air travel infrastructure, it's no wonder the public abandoned travel by rail.

And realistically, the only place where high-speed rail makes any sense in the US is the Northeast Corridor due to the population density. In the rest of the country, things (and people) are too geographically dispersed.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Hell yes. :thumbsup:

 

[JulesMaximus]

You ever been in a cockpit before?

Have you ever seen a grown man naked?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Kind of sucks that you have to show your ticket before they'll grope you.

In bus stations there are plenty of people that will do if for free.

 

[CrimsonWolf]

You ever been in a cockpit before?

You ever seen a grown man naked?

:whiste:

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Have you ever seen a grown man naked?

Do you like gladiator movies?