Could You Spend a Month on an Airplane?
By Idlewild
@Idlewild (6090)
United States
June 24, 2009 2:59pm CST
The comedian Mark Malkoff is nearing the end of an interesting experiment: spending 30 days on an AirTran Airlines plane! (well, a number of them actually). He's been flying all over the country, taking several flights a day, and at the end of the day he spends the night sleeping in whatever airplane his last flight was in.
He can go on the airport tarmacs and change airplanes, but can't go into any terminals or anywhere else.
Malkoff started the stunt to overcome his fear of flying, he said. He's been documenting his experiences through videos on a Web site, www.MarkonAirTran.com, and on his Twitter account, http://twitter.com/mmalkoff
Could you spend 30 days on an airplane (or a series of them)? I wouldn't want to do it, no matter how much publicity or money I got.
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6 responses
@KOREILLY23 (279)
• United States
25 Jun 09
i hate flying ...i am wicked afraid of hieghts....i am flying to vegas in less then a month and it gives me the jitters just thinking about sitting on the plane. I close my eyes the whole time we are going up into the air and landing
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@underdogtoo (9579)
• Philippines
24 Jun 09
It's a stunt if you ask me. There are less expensive ways to overcome fear of flying but, good luck to him anyway. Cheers!!
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@Idlewild (6090)
• United States
25 Jun 09
Yes, it's definitely a stunt, he's done this type of project before... Malkoff previously lived in an Ikea store in the furniture section.
I think this project was a way for him to address the fear of flying in a way that fit in with the kind of work he's done before. Definitely not recommended for everyone!
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@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
29 Jun 09
That's a really interesting thing to do. I really enjoy flying. I suppose if i wanted to get away from reality for a while, I might try this, if only to escape, in every sense of the world. LOL What an interesting idea. I might have to try this when I win the lottery some day.
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@Idlewild (6090)
• United States
1 Jul 09
It's a very interesting adventure. I think it would be very frustrating for me to be flying all over the country but not being ble to get out of the airplane and enjoy each city.
I wouldn't mind having an unlimited airline pass to fly anywhere I wanted as often as I wanted in a certain amount of time.
@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
24 Jun 09
I could do it as long as I could stretch out that is my only problem on the plane besides take off and landing. I think it would be a great adventure plus after 30 days I would probably not mind take off or landing anymore. LOL LOL LOL
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@clutterbug (1051)
• United States
24 Jun 09
Hi Idlewild, Unfortunately I wouldn't make it during the first fifteen minutes, because I get awfully airsick, and used to take a prescription to ward it off - which then made me foggy headed and blurry eyed. One other thing I can't take is the smell inside of an airplane, they all smell the same, like warm chemical plastic with body odor. I hope you're not eating right now, lol. I no longer take flights (especially with all the regulations). And I couldn't be paid enough to spend 30 days on a plane. I don't know how Malkoff can take it. How does he bathe? Yuk! I know I wouldn't survive.
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