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Back in the '20s or 30s, an endurance record was set by refueling via a long hose from another aircraft. I believe that they had a platform that they could stand on to maintain the engines in flight and add oil. That probably wouldn't work with a 172 though.
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Dave's right--that's one of the little sidebar stories in the Jeppesen Instr/Comm manual. I think they had a cracked cylinder eventually.
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There are displays for aeronautical history of the desert, including the plane that set an endurance record. It was shy of 65 days when they decided to land (some silly thing about going deaf and crazy and increasing oil consumption).
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I like that photo--McCarran looks just like a casino. But I'd be really wary of anything I hear about from Nevadans.
-Zach
Back in the '20s or 30s, an endurance record was set by refueling via a long hose from another aircraft. I believe that they had a platform that they could stand on to maintain the engines in flight and add oil. That probably wouldn't work with a 172 though.
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Dave's right--that's one of the little sidebar stories in the Jeppesen Instr/Comm manual. I think they had a cracked cylinder eventually.
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There are displays for aeronautical history of the desert, including the plane that set an endurance record. It was shy of 65 days when they decided to land (some silly thing about going deaf and crazy and increasing oil consumption).
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I like that photo--McCarran looks just like a casino. But I'd be really wary of anything I hear about from Nevadans.
-Zach