Do You Want To Break This Record In Real Life or on FSX?

[aharon]

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

[Tom/CalClassic]

Only if the Hacienda Hotel will sponsor me... Oops, it was closed in 1996.

[Dan]

Awesome! Tried to imagine that adventure and it turned out that this is beyond my imagination.
If memory serves, my longest flight in FS9 was from Mather AAF to Hickam Field - about 13 hours by C-54. And some 11 hours by B-29.
But in this certain case afraid my wife wouldn't grant me a clearance for such a journey.

[Deleted]

Aaron, no offence but there are some records not worth breaking. Besides I dont think FSX would run without breaking for 64 days

[aharon]

ha ha ha ha

Anyway, this non stop 64 day event actually happened. The plane is now in museum in airport as seen on this link: news3lv.com/features/video-vault/video-vault-plane-in-record-breaking-flight-remains-at-mccarran-as-a-piece-of-history

Here is another information on this flight: www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2008/march/01/endurance-test-circa-1958