How long is “really long” when it comes to flights? A trip from Dubai to LA, or Sydney to, let’s say, Houston? Or maybe the longest flight in your life was that journey from Kansas to New York when you were trapped between a snoring guy and a crying baby? In fact, the longest flight in the world lasted for 64 days and 22 hours! a
Cessna 172 airplane took off in December, 1958 and didn’t land until February of 1959! How could that happened? How did the pilots manage to stay in the air for so long? Where did they get the fuel from? What did they eat, and did they ever sleep? Let's find out!
TIMESTAMPS:
Weird ad campaign 1:20
How to stay in the air for 51 days 2:38
Why they finally decided to land 3:36
Where did they get the fuel from? 5:15
What did they eat? 6:27
How did they manage to go to the bathroom? 6:57
How the pilots entertained themselves 8:15
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The Cessna 172, used by Robert Timm and John Cook, hanging in McCarran Airport: By Daniel Piotrowski - www.airliners.net/photo/Hacien..., CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/..., commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
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SUMMARY:
- Back in the 1950’s, the future owners of Hacienda decided to build a family hotel in Las Vegas.
- A slot machine mechanic named Bob Timm offered them a brilliant idea! He decided to set the new flight endurance record, and he needed a plane and money. The Hacienda owners granted him $100,000. In exchange for that money, Bob had to paint “Hacienda” on the side of the plane.
- While Timm was still getting ready, he found out that two Dallas pilots, Jim Heath and Bill Burkhart, had just beaten the old record from 1949 of a 46-day long flight by 4 days, so his new task was to stay in the air for at least 51 days.
- They took off from McCarran Field in Las Vegas in the afternoon of December 4, 1958. They were flying in Las Vegas air space for the first few days so that they could land at the airport in case something went wrong.
- On day 60, the engine started slowly dying, and since they didn’t want to risk their lives, the crew decided to land. They did it on February 7, 1959 after 64 days, 22 hours, and 19 minutes and 150,000 miles in the air.
- A tanker truck brought extra fuel twice a day. The pilot had to fly very very close to the ground and keep the same speed as the truck on the road.
- The same supply truck that brought them fuel delivered the food in a special thermos.
- A sink was installed inside the plane for shaving, and showering had to be done … outside, using a quart bottle of water on a special platform.
- They had comic books to glance through, and they played games like “I spy with my little eye” and counting things. They did some limited kinds of physical exercise that they could practice in their little home.
- After they’d landed safely, Timm went back to his slot machine mechanic job, and Cook continued working as a pilot for airlines. No one has managed to beat their record yet.
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