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Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:40 pm

65 days Non-Stop in a Cessna 172!

Amazing, but why?
1588 hours in the log book with one take off and landing.
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Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:07 pm

Re: 65 days Non-Stop in a Cessna 172!

That plane is hanging from the ceiling in the Las Vegas airport terminal...
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Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:08 pm

Re: 65 days Non-Stop in a Cessna 172!

I used to think of that story often while on XC in my 170. Made me feel better.
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Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:56 pm

Re: 65 days Non-Stop in a Cessna 172!

I'd like to understand this part -Through-firewall plumbing was installed so that the engine oil and oil filters could be changed without shutting off the engine??
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Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:16 pm

65 days Non-Stop in a Cessna 172!

Wow, that is a LOOONG time to be in an airplane!
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Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:35 pm

Re: 65 days Non-Stop in a Cessna 172!

Thanks for sharing!
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Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:42 pm

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That's one record that may never be broken.
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Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:06 pm

Re: 65 days Non-Stop in a Cessna 172!

I can't imagine my co-pilot taking a dump next to me #-o Plus, the Body odor, errr :roll:
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Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:22 am

Re: 65 days Non-Stop in a Cessna 172!

There are some pictures of the plane on airliners.net. Do a search for "hacienda 172". Can't get the link to work.
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Fri Mar 25, 2011 8:02 am

Re: 65 days Non-Stop in a Cessna 172!

Before I read the story I was thinking that's how long Las Vegas Approach vectored these guys around Class B airspace. That's one hell-of-a flight. Wonder why they didn't just fly it to TBO that's just another 19 days :lol:
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Fri Mar 25, 2011 8:39 am

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58Skylane wrote:I can't imagine my co-pilot taking a dump next to me #-o Plus, the Body odor, errr :roll:


Then they flew over to California and threw it out.
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Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:03 am

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58Skylane wrote:I can't imagine my co-pilot taking a dump next to me #-o Plus, the Body odor, errr :roll:


Then they flew over to California and threw it out.


That's why there's so much garbage along most California highways.
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Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:53 pm

Re: 65 days Non-Stop in a Cessna 172!

Taking a dump in the aiplane ( not cool)..what amazes me is that they could Change the oil in flight? Id imagine that the EPA and environment was not all that important back then, must have chucked that old oil overboard. I am really suspicious of this record. I mean really? This is the Backcountry Pilots community. Who's to say that they didnt just land in the desert for a few hours or few days?
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Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:57 pm

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Jaerl wrote:There are some pictures of the plane on airliners.net. Do a search for "hacienda 172". Can't get the link to work.


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Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:23 pm

Re: 65 days Non-Stop in a Cessna 172!

Taking a dump in the aiplane ( not cool).


Lownslow, I was "picturing" a butt naked guy wearing goggles, sitting outside the plane on a board with an outhouse hole cut in it. Bombs away!
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Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:42 pm

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Taking a dump in the aiplane ( not cool).


Lownslow, I was "picturing" a butt naked guy wearing goggles, sitting outside the plane on a board with an outhouse hole cut in it. Bombs away!


5 gallon bucket with a piece of plywood with a hole cut in it?
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Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:45 pm

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The article said "Timm removed his clothes and stepped out onto the platform for a refreshing sponge bath". Probably used the platform for bombing runs too. Must have been a Full Moon. :)
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Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:23 pm

Re: 65 days Non-Stop in a Cessna 172!

There are a couple guys from Idaho that are apparently out to break the record. They missed their target date of Oct 1st, 2010 but they still seem to be at it.

http://commit65.org/ (Slow but it works)
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/cessna_record_time_aloft_65_days_pipkin_charity_201891-1.html
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Sat Mar 26, 2011 1:10 am

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Glidergeek wrote:Before I read the story I was thinking that's how long Las Vegas Approach vectored these guys around Class B airspace. That's one hell-of-a flight. Wonder why they didn't just fly it to TBO that's just another 19 days :lol:


From what I understand, they landed when the engine had deteriorated to the point that they had trouble climbing away from the refuel truck.
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