Largest aircraft flown single pilot?

[Flysher]

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?

 

[DE727UPS]

I'm gonna say the Metroliner, but I'm sure someone will come up with a bigger one.

 

[bike21]

Spruce Moose!

[name the TV show!]

 

[I_Money]

Good Year Blimp.

 

[Aero_Engineer]

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?

Cessna Citation series can be configured to be flown by a single pilot!!

 

[frog_flyer]

Chris Ford's mother

 

[Ian_J]

Chris Ford's mother

That's just plain funny.

 

[Flysher]

Cessna Citation series can be configured to be flown by a single pilot!!

Only the slow ones

 

[TXaviator]

Chris Ford's mother

baaaaaaaaaahahahahaha :nana2::nana2::nana2::nana2:

 

[mtsu_av8er]

Cessna Citation series can be configured to be flown by a single pilot!!

He said biggest! LOL . . .

 

[turbojet28]

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.

 

[Sprint100]

Cessna Citation series can be configured to be flown by a single pilot!!

He said biggest! LOL . . .

BAH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA

 

[I_Money]

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.

There was an Eygpt Air A320 that took off with just the captain, and a cabin full of passengers - this was after an arguement with the FO!

 

[tinman]

I had heard during training that the 1900 was the biggest, but I have nothing to back that up.

I'm gonna say the Metroliner, but I'm sure someone will come up with a bigger one.

The 1900 has got the metro by a couple thousand lbs. (Not to mention that the 1900 is such a better aircraft )

 

[Hacker15e]

The F-15E's MTOW is 81,000#....seems to have the 1900 and Metroliner beat by a little.

 

[Chris_Ford]

Chris Ford's mother

Frog_Flyer's girlfriend...

Oh shoot, are we only talking about things that exist?

 

[Screaming_Emu]

Frog_Flyer's girlfriend...

Oh shoot, are we only talking about things that exist?

swing and a miss, strike 2.

 

[DMBinHBurg]

I have hand flown a B747 down to mins @ ORD with heavy snow at night.


.....

Oh wait... that was in FS2004... damn! :nana2:

 

[ERfly]

Spruce Moose!

[name the TV show!]

That would be The Simpsons.

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.

 

[frog_flyer]

Frog_Flyer's girlfriend...

Oh shoot, are we only talking about things that exist?

I never knew it was bad to be single in college?! Especially sophomore year?!!