View Full Version : Looking for info on World's longest duration flight
GliderGuider
9th Jun 2006, 19:27
I understand the World's longest duration flight was done back in 1959 in a Cessna 172 and still stands today at a staggering 64 days 22hours!
I'm really interested in finding out more about this incredble achievement but I can't seem to find much detail about it on the internet. Does anyone have any links to websites with more info or perhaps details of any books?
pilotho
9th Jun 2006, 20:27
what do u mean by world's longest duration flight?
longest flying time? surely not 64 days!!!
longest flight with 1 tank of avgas? again surely not 64 days
ShyTorque
9th Jun 2006, 20:40
It wouldn't surprise me too much if it were true.
IIRC, the US Navy flew a biplane continuously for about a month - in the 1930s? Refuelled in the air by flying near a moving truck. Topped up the oil with a big oil can - a volunteer walking along a built-in gantry on the side of the aircraft!
I think the aircraft is in the air and space museum in Washington.
DubTrub
9th Jun 2006, 20:44
It's true. The Cessna now hangs in the hall of McCarran Airport, Las Vegas. There is a little aviation museum there; try a search.
And no, it was not on one tank of gas.
Mark 1
9th Jun 2006, 20:52
Search for Robert Timm & John Cook and you should find a bit more detail.
Henry Hallam
9th Jun 2006, 21:58
I wonder how they did their 50 hour checks!
pilotho
9th Jun 2006, 22:38
what did these guys eat?
how did they refuel again?
were they just flying around in circles?
was the weather that good all the time?
DubTrub
10th Jun 2006, 22:01
pilotho (hope that's not " 'ho " :uhoh: )
1. Food from a truck; the old indian rope trick.
2. Fuel from the food truck
3. Yes...big circles around Arizona
4. Yes...it was Arizona.
:ok:
blue up
11th Jun 2006, 08:49
64 DAYS!!! Either they abstained from eating fruit/fibre/curry or.............?
Maybe the bucket-on-a-rope was dual purpose?:eek:
Jeez! The lengths some people will go to for hours-building! Hope they got a job after this.:ok:
Superpilot
11th Jun 2006, 10:25
I bet A320rider hasn't tried that one yet! :p
pilotho
11th Jun 2006, 13:06
all those hours they would get from one entry into the log book!! wonder if they count towards an ATPL???
Ho is my surname and believe i get stick from it!
another thing popped into my head. how did they get rid of their excrements!?