Pretty wild! C172 flight from CA to HI

[GMX]

18 hour flight. Plane full of fuel bladders. Balls full of...titanium? I dunno, mad uncomfortable talking about his balls.

I'm a controller but I'm one who doesn't really care a lot about aviation stuff, but this is pretty cool.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1820960582272741774

 

[FightingIrish2012]

What happens if you crash but live and are floating with the plane 9 hours in?

Serious question, same would go for a stranded boat or crashed airliner plane. You are hundreds or 1-2 thousand miles from a shore.

Even if you have working radios and are not injured, how long would it take for the Coast Guard or whoever to get to you?

Ships only go 20 KTS or so, and choppers only have the range for a few hundred miles. I assume shipping routes and cruise ships are templated routes. What if your stranded hundreds of miles from one?

 

[32andBelow]

How did you think all the little planes got to Hawaii?

 

[Somenewguy]

A lot of them get taken apart and shipped to be honest. You can fit a lot of small airplanes into a shipping container when you take the wings off. That being said, flying is easier if you can find someone willing to do it.

 

[32andBelow]

A lot of them get taken apart and shipped to be honest. You can fit a lot of small airplanes into a shipping container when you take the wings off. That being said, flying is easier if you can find someone willing to do it.

Maybe so for a skyhawk but all the caravans and things of that size are flown.

 

[GMX]

Fuckin' A, 32....nothing is as cool as your knowledge of larger Cessna aircraft flying to Hawaii. The whole point of the thread was the small ass, basic ass 172 flying 18 hours across the Pacific.

I don't have any more .65 compliant comments.

 

[32andBelow]

Fuckin' A, 32....nothing is as cool as your knowledge of larger Cessna aircraft flying to Hawaii. The whole point of the thread was the small ass, basic ass 172 flying 18 hours across the Pacific.

I don't have any more .65 compliant comments.

Ok

 

[ajmezz]

What happens if you crash but live and are floating with the plane 9 hours in?

Serious question, same would go for a stranded boat or crashed airliner plane. You are hundreds or 1-2 thousand miles from a shore.

Even if you have working radios and are not injured, how long would it take for the Coast Guard or whoever to get to you?

Ships only go 20 KTS or so, and choppers only have the range for a few hundred miles. I assume shipping routes and cruise ships are templated routes. What if your stranded hundreds of miles from one?

Probably die.

 

[DankVectorz]

Per an interview with the ferry pilot who did this a couple years ago, he’s in constant contact with a ground team who is monitoring his flight and conditions to the point they give recommended power settings along with position reports to ATC every hour. He’s also wearing a survival suit and has a raft but it’s not easy to find an individual in the open ocean.

 

[32andBelow]

Per an interview with the ferry pilot who did this a couple years ago, he’s in constant contact with a ground team who is monitoring his flight and conditions to the point they give recommended power settings along with position reports to ATC every hour. He’s also wearing a survival suit and has a raft but it’s not easy to find an individual in the open ocean.

I think they try to stay over whatever the busiest shipping lane is

 

[slater]

2556 Miles to SF from HNL. I worked Oceanic airspace off the coast of Northern California in the late 90s in the Navy (Beaver Control- FACSFAC SD). This was common although always blew my mind. Had a 172 check in. 100 miles west of the coast with engine troubles, burnt too much fuel and was running out. Declared emergency. Gave a vector to the nearest point of land in Half Moon Bay (was open field).

Bro casually said thank you, we're about done here. He was 3 miles from landing and I took it as he was landing. Asked him if he needed any further assistance and help was on the way when he landed.

He said, nope "I'll be putting it in the drink right here" so casually it kind of haunts me still. He was 3 miles off the coast. Sent Coast Guard to his last location. Plane was found. Pilot was never found.

He made it 2553 miles, 3 miles short. Imagine that. 🤷‍♂️

 

[GMX]

2556 Miles to SF from HNL. I worked Oceanic airspace off the coast of Northern California in the late 90s in the Navy (Beaver Control- FACSFAC SD). This was common although always blew my mind. Had a 172 check in. 100 miles west of the coast with engine troubles, burnt too much fuel and was running out. Declared emergency. Gave a vector to the nearest point of land in Half Moon Bay (was open field).

Bro casually said thank you, we're about done here. He was 3 miles from landing and I took it as he was landing. Asked him if he needed any further assistance and help was on the way when he landed.

He said, nope "I'll be putting it in the drink right here" so casually it kind of haunts me still. He was 3 miles off the coast. Sent Coast Guard to his last location. Plane was found. Pilot was never found.

He made is 2553 miles, 3 miles short. 🤷‍♂️

Damn. 😬

 

[Mr. Miner]

2556 Miles to SF from HNL. I worked Oceanic airspace off the coast of Northern California in the late 90s in the Navy (Beaver Control- FACSFAC SD). This was common although always blew my mind. Had a 172 check in. 100 miles west of the coast with engine troubles, burnt too much fuel and was running out. Declared emergency. Gave a vector to the nearest point of land in Half Moon Bay (was open field).

Bro casually said thank you, we're about done here. He was 3 miles from landing and I took it as he was landing. Asked him if he needed any further assistance and help was on the way when he landed.

He said, nope "I'll be putting it in the drink right here" so casually it kind of haunts me still. He was 3 miles off the coast. Sent Coast Guard to his last location. Plane was found. Pilot was never found.

He made it 2553 miles, 3 miles short. Imagine that. 🤷‍♂️

... jfc

 

[kranky]

Started my FAA career in Kodiak, AK PADQ. We had a few small aircraft do that trip to Hawaii. Similar distance and I thought it was nuts to attempt. Never checked if they made it or not.