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[starlagurl]

Growse.. that's a long flight and no fun. Out of curiosity what was the book you bought?

[hotelaudit]

There are only a handful of things I can think of to do on flights

1. read
2. write
3. sleep

What do you do?

The 1st must be an action with a beauty girl in the rest room:
with this technic the seven hours flight can be reduced to 7 minutes

[starlagurl]

Whaaaaaaaaaaat, are you serious? Do you have experience with this technique?

[starlagurl]

Ew...I always bring my own books, because once I got stuck with a book I found about a detective solving the mystery of a parrot thief!

Do you bring your own books now?

[starlagurl]

Hm...no not really. I like to paint...hahaha NO LIQUIDS!

I could write write write forever, so I think I'll be OK.

Are you allowed to bring knitting needles on the plane now?

[starlagurl]

Ooooh yeah, it should probably be OK. It's like a crochet needle or something, no?

I loved Rhode Island this summer! I hope you have a fun happy time adventure, try and get to Cape Cod if you can, seriously.

[mosokikee]

long flight was a bad experience for me.. remembered that time I brought my kids, my girl 1 years old and my boy 2 years old.. that was truly a nightmare for me.. my girl kept crying until all the passengers on the plane couldn't sleep tightly. Then my naughty boy jump here and there and disturbing others. but I couldn't catch him while taking care of my girl. it's really embarrassing. for those who travel alone with kids, bear in mind to make best preparation for the long flight. some tips here to share with you all: http://www.malaysiaairlinesblog.com/?p=34 I read this from Malaysia Airlines' blog, it's quite a new blog. there are other travel tips too.. though i have such a bad experience traveling with my kids alone, things are better now as they already become obedient and no longer crying non-stop

[timpaul]

I generally sleep during long flights. I prepare for this by not sleeping before my trip and to help me to sleep i drink wine on the plane. Reading is difficult on long flights because they turn off the lights and if you do open your light you'll be met by a disagreeing stare from your neighbor who wants his shut eye LOL.

[mynetdude]

yeah I don't like flying for long periods of reasons for all the things said above.

I'm flying to Pensacola this winter, my journey makes 3 stops. Once in Seattle because I'll be on an RJ (Regional Jet) then I move to a larger airplane that will fly to Minneapolis, then on to Memphis then once there I'll move to an RJ once again for the final leg.

I've always wanted to fly on Northwest Airlines, so now I'll get my chance .

I don't sleep very well and to be honest would rather pick daytime flying or at least day time flights that end at night time, etc. I'll have to find a way to make it so I can stopover a couple days or whatever when I'm going overseas as sometimes you're not allowed to transit to another country for more than X amount of hours due to customs rules and if you do you're required to have a Visa and all that.

I generally listen to channel 9 (you can hear what the pilots are saying to ATC !!!), I wear a hearing aid so its kinda hard to hear the headsets that they give you and they charge for it but I know that I can buy my own headset along with an adapter that works on airplanes that will fit my needs better.

I read, or just stare out the window and eat... whatever. I haven't tried the PTVs because every flight I've been on haven't had one and I'm guessing my flights to Pensacola won't have PTVs (In personal TV/entertainment right at your seat) though I'm sure we'll have IFE on drop down LCD screens or TVs hung high in the isle (the last time I flew on a 757 was on United, they had LCD TVs every couple of rows then but before that on another they had CRT TVs hung in the isle and were more spaced out)

I guess they don't need much IFE in the USA when you're making connecting flights all the time or when you're just crossing the continental USA so much for getting more for your money anymore with the exception of Jetblue which offers lots of nonstop flights and you get IFE (haven't been on Jetblue, might be going on jetblue later this year maybe).

But anyway... other things I do is read the inflight magazines and the skymall (and steal that mag, cuz they have so many unusual goodies) but I am usually prepared to bring my own entertainment as it sucks (as I said above).

[polydemic]

There are only a handful of things I can think of to do on flights

1. read
2. write
3. sleep

What do you do?

Yup. Those are the three things I do on all fights. I read the airline magazine & do the crossword puzzle. I bring plenty of books & magazines with me to read. After reading for a while I doze off. When I wake up I take out my maps & travel guides, study where I'm going a bit more, & take notes. On my way back I have plenty to write about in case I return or to pass info along to others.

[starlagurl]

I took Thai Air and they had games you could play with other passengers on the plane. I played Pong for about an hour with someone who kept totally beating me. I wonder what seat he/she was in...

BTW, I had no idea you could listen to the pilot talk. Is this on every airline?

[mynetdude]

I took Thai Air and they had games you could play with other passengers on the plane. I played Pong for about an hour with someone who kept totally beating me. I wonder what seat he/she was in...

BTW, I had no idea you could listen to the pilot talk. Is this on every airline?

I'm not sure, but I think so. Most planes you can hear it on channel 9. I once got to listen to my United flight from San Fran to Medford and heard the tower clear us for takeoff that was kind of thrilling.

[starlagurl]

That is really cool... Nice tip, I won't be flying again until January probably, I'll check it out.

[starlagurl]

I generally sleep during long flights. I prepare for this by not sleeping before my trip and to help me to sleep i drink wine on the plane. Reading is difficult on long flights because they turn off the lights and if you do open your light you'll be met by a disagreeing stare from your neighbor who wants his shut eye LOL.

Really though...if you want to read ... they shouldn't be angry... some people just CAN'T sleep on planes and it's excruciating to be so bored without a light ...

[darrenstravels]

I still get excited by flying, so the first hour is still a novelty to me, no matter how much I fly. I pop some ear plugs in first of all, kick back and read any info sheets (emergency, what things I can buy, what entertainment is on) and spend an hour contemplating how awesome flying is.

Two hours in, and I've read the in flight magazine, got bored with the book I've bought, have realised that my inflight entertainment system is broke and the person next to me won't move their elbow off my armrest. At this point I try to sleep.

Two minutes later I give up on that (I've never been able to sleep, regardless of using sleeping pills or drinking lots of beer) and so re-read the magazine, try to read my book again, try to watch the person next to me TV screen, and just generally wonder why my TV never, ever works properly.

This is repeated for most of the flight, until we come into land, when I try to look out the window and see where it is im off to next.

The secret, of course, is to have some sort of gadget that plays films, tv shows and music for hours on end. Creative and Apple do all sorts of products to sort your needs.

Just don't be a knob head and get one, then leave it behind on your 6 month journey. :-(

[starlagurl]

just generally wonder why my TV never, ever works properly.

Maybe you have an electromagnet in your head?

I should say thanks for all your help guys, during the 48 hours total I spent on airplanes, I mostly just watched the on-call movies and read about the place I was going next. I ended up drinking a bunch of wine sleeping quite a bit, which was helpful too.

[starlagurl]

http://lifehacker.com/358474/handling-more...ours-on-a-plane

Some more ideas.

[andrea77]

I just sleep

[huckabmm]

http://www.travelpod.com/forums/index.php?...c=12221&hl=

Uhh....too much information?

[seal]

I have to agree with Darren, I still find that each time I go flying I am still excited when it all starts, and to past the time I will watch the movies that are playing and listen to my Creative ZEN, but depending on what sort of flight it is I try to get some sleep, but only if I have earplugs and a pillow.

But I never go on my trips without a fully charged Zen and atleast one good book or magazine;