This part of the story doesn't make sense to me...............
"The Cessna landed safely after being airborne 23 hours and 5 minutes arriving at close to midnight 8 hours beyond its 1600 ETA. Prochnow had stretched the Cessna’s twenty-two hours of fuel by 5 percent through cruise control."
A Cessna 188 Agwagon wouldn't have fuel for that long in the air unless it was carrying extra tanks where it would normally carry it's agricultural load.
Anyone know if the Cessna had some kind of tanks for ferrying?