Through the Viewfinder: To the other side of the world.

I can now say I have been on the longest commercial airline flight in the world. About the time most of you were going to bed on Thursday night, Kate and I were boarding Singapore Airlines flight 21 in Newark, NJ. Around the time most of you were leaving work on Friday afternoon, Kate and I were getting off that same flight in Singapore. I managed to snap these just before landing.

What the pictures don't show is the 18 hours and 20 minutes or so that had elapsed from takeoff. But I will say, if you have to be on a flight for that long, Singapore Airlines is the way to go. The entire plane is business class, and our flight was pretty empty. Each seat is its own little self-contained pod that can fold down into a lay-flat position for sleeping (which I did a lot of). Each seat also has its own 14 inch monitor and your choice of about 110 movies to watch. Games and other stuff are available as well. Here is what my monitor looked like (along with my tasty beverage).