Endurance Records..

[Always PLE]

G'day,
Anybody know whether there is an organisation or the like that keeps track of aviation records?
I'm curious as to what the P-3 endurance record is? :ugh:
Regards,
PLE..

[meag197]

Try the FAI, Royal Aeronautical Society or failing that, the Guiness Book of World Records!:)

[Green Flash]

VPI or whomever the Maritime Patrol association is called? Stories, long, telling for the use of!

[jimgriff]

Hmmmm,
With JMC on the horizon, you wouldn't be trying to gain an advantage would you?
:suspect:

[buoy15]

I believe a RCAF Argus did 32 hours plus during a trial in the late 60's on 1 fill-up
I completed a 10hr 35min LROFE in a Mk1 Nimrod 25 Apr 1975 with an 84k fuel load - technically planned for 8 hours - viz
Startup and taxi - 2k
First 4 hours @ 9k per hr
2nd 4 hrs @ 7.5k per hr
Unusable - 1k
Approach and overshoot to land - 6k
Diversion holding fuel - (EGQL) 6.8k
Fortunuately, the weather was good
You can sleep int' shoe-box and't ole in road - but tell that to the youngsters of today, and they'le never believe you

Love Many, Trust a few, Always paddle your own canoe.

[LowObservable]

The world aviation record for endurance was set by the Sea Jet thread, but it doesn't count because all those on board went mad.

[Strato Q]

I've just done 3 weeks on SAR standby for the P3K, does that count?

[Brian Abraham]

Off thread a little but during WWII QANTAS operated Catalinas from Perth to a British flying boat base on Koggala Lake in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka.

Against the winds, the non-stop flights on that leg typically took about 28 hours. One lasted just over 32 hours. Passengers experienced two sunrises on that leg and after each flight they were presented with what became a much-sought-after certificate known as The Rare and Secret Order of The Double Sunrise.

From June 1943 until the flights ended in July 1945, the five planes made 271 crossings to Ceylon and carried 648 passengers, according to Qantas. Not one plane was lost or had to ditch. With a max of three passengers per trip not one you would want to pay for out of ones own pocket. Crew of five.

[LowObservable]

You'll never get to heaven (Never get to heaven)
In a PBY
'Cause the :mad: thing
Won't fly that high

[PLE Always]

Thanks, lots of good stuff at the FAI web site:

http://http://www.fai.org/records/ (http://www.fai.org/records/)

Can't see a P-3/Aurora Endurance record so that makes it easy? :ok:

Regards,

PLE.. :)

[Charlie Luncher]

Dude
Too bloody long nearly ran out of food once.
Thank god the P7 died, they even painted in ****ty brown and put a probe on it, what were they thinking :rolleyes:.
Charlie sends

[Ghostflyer]

10hrs 35mins in an F3 without a piss or any pies. Does that count?

[Brian Abraham]

You'll never get to heaven In a PBY
Hate to tell you your wrong Low. Airshow a while back and the Cat was the only thing that sent this old sat behind a serious radial at one point in the career man to heaven. And the perfume of 145 octane - those were the days when greasy kids stuff went on ones scalp and not in the fuel tank, and the only whining was from the cockpit and didnt have to compete with those hoover thingies outside.