Do You Want To Break This Record In Real Life or on FSX?
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Do You Want To Break This Record In Real Life or on FSX?
Shalom and greetings all my pals,
Here is the photo of the plane flying NON STOP for 64 days, 22 hours, 19 minutes, and 5 seconds. That is how long the Cessna 172 flew without landing from December 1958 to February 1959. The two pilots refueled from a truck and slept in shifts on a single mattress.
Do any of you want to break this record in real life or on FSX?
Regards,
Aharon
Here is the photo of the plane flying NON STOP for 64 days, 22 hours, 19 minutes, and 5 seconds. That is how long the Cessna 172 flew without landing from December 1958 to February 1959. The two pilots refueled from a truck and slept in shifts on a single mattress.
Do any of you want to break this record in real life or on FSX?
Regards,
Aharon
Re: Do You Want To Break This Record In Real Life or on FSX?
Would it be cheating if you set the sim for unlimited fuel
Dale
Dale
Re: Do You Want To Break This Record In Real Life or on FSX?
I wonder what meals they ate? Probably no curry.
Brian
Brian
Re: Do You Want To Break This Record In Real Life or on FSX?
What would have happened if they wanted a dump?I wonder what meals they ate? Probably no curry.
Nigel.
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Re: Do You Want To Break This Record In Real Life or on FSX?
You see that open door!
Kevin
Stratospheric traces, of our transitory flight.
Trails of condensation, held in narrow paths of white...
Trails of condensation, held in narrow paths of white...
Re: Do You Want To Break This Record In Real Life or on FSX?
You see what's right underneath?You see that open door!
Nigel.
I used to be an optimist but with age I am now a grumpy old pessimist.
Re: Do You Want To Break This Record In Real Life or on FSX?
A link:
https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?t=16948
Doesn't mention their plans for wanting a dump though.
Nev
https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?t=16948
Doesn't mention their plans for wanting a dump though.
Nev
Re: Do You Want To Break This Record In Real Life or on FSX?
hhahaha
Anyway, this non stop 64 day event actually happened. The plane is now in museum in airport as seen on this link: https://news3lv.com/features/video-vaul ... of-history
Here is another information on this flight: https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all ... circa-1958
Anyway, this non stop 64 day event actually happened. The plane is now in museum in airport as seen on this link: https://news3lv.com/features/video-vaul ... of-history
Here is another information on this flight: https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all ... circa-1958
Re: Do You Want To Break This Record In Real Life or on FSX?
Thanks for the update, Aharon. Here's a snip I enjoyed from the 'aopa' article.
In his diary, John Cook wrote, “We got a quart of bath water, a large towel and soap every other day.”
On January 12, 1959, after refueling chores, Timm removed his clothes and stepped out onto the platform for a refreshing sponge bath. He started by brushing his teeth. Just then Cook realized that the airplane wasn’t going to clear an upcoming ridge if the platform wasn’t pulled in. Cook yelled at Timm to pull in the platform and later told of seeing his partner struggling to complete that task—buck naked, and weighing 240 pounds, with a toothbrush sticking out of one side of his mouth and toothpaste streaming out of the other. They cleared the ridge but learned to delay hygienic activities until they were over flatter terrain.
Brian
In his diary, John Cook wrote, “We got a quart of bath water, a large towel and soap every other day.”
On January 12, 1959, after refueling chores, Timm removed his clothes and stepped out onto the platform for a refreshing sponge bath. He started by brushing his teeth. Just then Cook realized that the airplane wasn’t going to clear an upcoming ridge if the platform wasn’t pulled in. Cook yelled at Timm to pull in the platform and later told of seeing his partner struggling to complete that task—buck naked, and weighing 240 pounds, with a toothbrush sticking out of one side of his mouth and toothpaste streaming out of the other. They cleared the ridge but learned to delay hygienic activities until they were over flatter terrain.
Brian