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Subject: Re: Continuous flying for 64+ days...

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K Pelle aka dotB

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Date Posted: 02:41:17 09/27/12 Thu
In reply to: Mike 's message, "Continuous flying for 64+ days..." on 11:43:51 09/25/12 Tue

>I love the book Rocinante... I love flying...
>
>but ...
>
>>...imagine spending over two months in a Cessna 172,
>>flying twenty four hours a day, without even landing
>>for fuel. That's exactly what two pilots did back in
>>1958 in the California and Nevada desert. Bob Timm
>>and John Cook set a world endurance record, remaining
>>airborne for just under 65 days.
>
>Read the story at >href="http://tvsac.net/BarryMeek/BM0803.html">http://tv
>sac.net/BarryMeek/BM0803.html
>
>I'll bet that one of the first stops they made after
>they landed was a long hot shower...
>
>Mike

Okay, I flew as 'company' with a friend in a Cessna 172 pretty well from one end of Alberta to the other - actually from Medicine Hat to High Level - over 800 miles. If I recall we stopped twice for fuel, food and a trip to the john. BUT, knowing now what flying in a 172 is like, there is NO WAY I'd ever do it again - you're only young and stupid once.

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