Longest powered flight

[Old Koreelah]

Dr. Karl featured this story in the recent Australian Geographic:

 

https://hackaday.com/2021/10/25/the-longest-ever-flight-was-over-64-days-in-a-cessna-172/

[skippydiesel]

I dont envy the crew one little bit. There may have been valuable lessons learned about mechanical endurance/fitness as was/is the case in factory sponsored car/vehicle competitions. 

[rgmwa]

Probably didn't do much for their hearing either.

[Thruster88]

1536 hours, think of the money they saved on 100 hour inspections.  

[cooperplace]

I don't want to think about the problems with going to the toilet. Maybe that's why the record still stands.

Edited March 1, 2022 by cooperplace