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October 23rd, 2006, 12:19
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: LCK
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|  Largest aircraft flown single pilot? Just saw it mentioned in another thread that the 1900 can be flown single pilot. I didnt know this and it got me wondering, what are the biggest planes out there that are flown single pilot and by who? |
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October 23rd, 2006, 12:25
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Spokane, WA
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| Re: Largest aircraft flown single pilot? I'm gonna say the Metroliner, but I'm sure someone will come up with a bigger one. |
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October 23rd, 2006, 12:32
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: People's Republic of Boulder
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| Re: Largest aircraft flown single pilot? Spruce Moose!  [name the TV show!] |
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October 23rd, 2006, 13:07
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| Re: Largest aircraft flown single pilot? Good Year Blimp. |
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October 23rd, 2006, 13:38
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October 23rd, 2006, 13:53
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| Re: Largest aircraft flown single pilot? Quote:
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October 23rd, 2006, 14:10
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   | Re: Largest aircraft flown single pilot? Quote:
baaaaaaaaaahahahahaha 
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October 23rd, 2006, 14:28
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| Re: Largest aircraft flown single pilot? Quote:
__________________  ------- One person says "stop gloating - life sucks!" while another says "be happy - at least you have a job!" . . . people are just stupid. | |
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October 23rd, 2006, 15:32
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| Re: Largest aircraft flown single pilot? Wasn't there an old story/wive's tale of an airline captain who took a 727 for a cruise in the middle of the night on a layover? No idea where I read it, but it was a long time ago. |
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October 23rd, 2006, 15:36
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October 23rd, 2006, 16:23
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October 23rd, 2006, 16:49
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| Re: Largest aircraft flown single pilot? I had heard during training that the 1900 was the biggest, but I have nothing to back that up. Quote:
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October 23rd, 2006, 17:36
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| Re: Largest aircraft flown single pilot? The F-15E's MTOW is 81,000#....seems to have the 1900 and Metroliner beat by a little.
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October 23rd, 2006, 17:37
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| Re: Largest aircraft flown single pilot? Quote:
Oh shoot, are we only talking about things that exist? | |
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October 23rd, 2006, 17:42
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October 23rd, 2006, 17:58
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| Re: Largest aircraft flown single pilot? I have hand flown a B747 down to mins @ ORD with heavy snow at night. ..... Oh wait... that was in FS2004... damn! |
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October 23rd, 2006, 18:07
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| Re: Largest aircraft flown single pilot? Quote:
However, there is some truth to that. The one and only time that the Hughes H-4 Hercules, "Spruce Goose" flew was done single-pilot by Howard Hughes, himself. If I recall from my visit 20 years ago, it was a pretty damn big plane. The Simpsons parody involved C. Montgomery Burns becoming a recluse like Howard Hughes, thus the reference to the "Spruce Goose." So, I would say, The Hughes H-4 Hercules would be the largest airplane ever flown single pilot, even if it was for less than a minute. | |
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October 23rd, 2006, 18:17
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| Old Skool  | Re: Largest aircraft flown single pilot? Quote:
I never knew it was bad to be single in college?! Especially sophomore year?!!
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October 23rd, 2006, 18:59
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| Re: Largest aircraft flown single pilot? I thought maybe the SR-71 had a single pilot version but I don't think so. I did come across the SR-71 flight manual... http://www.sr-71.org/blackbird/manual/ Pretty cool! 
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October 23rd, 2006, 19:04
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 | Re: Largest aircraft flown single pilot? The 1900 might be the biggest modern day civil aircraft to be flown single pilot, but the Metro would probably hands down be the hardest to fly single pilot. Not that I've ever flown a Metro... |
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October 23rd, 2006, 20:04
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October 23rd, 2006, 20:05
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| Re: Largest aircraft flown single pilot? You know, just another fixed wing twin like most folks employed around here |
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October 23rd, 2006, 20:26
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