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Old 6th Mar 2014, 20:36
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Herod

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I'll bet the inside of that 172 was a bit "ripe" by the end of it. Looking at Google, the aircraft only had one seat and one set of controls, the pilots doing four-hour stints. The oil system was routed through the cabin, so they could change filters in flight. Food and water were uplifted from the ground, and I assume the "honey bucket" was disposed of the same way. Amazingly, there is a team talking of beating the record. The plot was to fly in 2011, but it all seems to have gone quiet since.

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