Details on Ed Long
American pilot, John Edward Long, flew 62,654 hours from May 1933 to April 1977. Having accumulated more than the equivalent of 7 years airborne, Mr. Long holds the record of the most flying hours.
Mr. Long soloed in 1933 after one hour and forty minutes of instruction in a Taylor E-2 Cub. During WWII, he served as an aircraft mechanic, but later worked as a flight instructor, charter and corporate pilot and performed power line patrol where he spent much of his time flying below 200 feet.