The World's Longest Non-stop Flight -- 1959

[FurmanCock]

I found this story hard to fathom, occurring in 1959 in a Cessna...

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/longest-ever-continuous-flight-1959/index.html

 

[Spur's Addiction]

Arial refueling - wow.

 

[FurmanCock]

Right? For 2+ months. I can't believe the amount of endurance exhibited by the pilots and the plane.

 

[kingofnerf]

Bathroom breaks happened on a foldable camp toilet and the resulting plastic bags were later thrown out over the desert. An extendable platform on the co-pilot side provided more space for shaving and bathing (a quart of bath water would be sent up every other day.)

My first question answered. LOL