Longest Flight Time Record
The flight endurance record is the longest amount of time an aircraft of a particular category spent in flight without landing. It can be a solo event, or multiple people can take turns piloting the aircraft, as long as all pilots remain in the aircraft. The Guinness World Record was set in 1958 in a Cessna 172 that flew nonstop for 64 days, 22 hours, and 19 minutes and covered 150,000 miles (240,000 kilometers).
Robert Timm and John Cook's incredible 1958 Hacienda Flight, setting an unbroken 64-day world record in a Cessna 172 over the Mojave Desert. A Cessna 172 holds the record for the longest endurance flight in history: 64 days, 22 hours, and 19 minutes from 4 December 1958 to 23 January 1959. Flying over Nevada and California, pilots Robert Timm and John Cook took turns at the controls while the other rested.
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In 1958-1959, the two pilots set the record for the worlds longest-ever flight when they flew non-stop for 64 days, 22 hours, and 19 minutes over Las Vegas, landing on . Imagine flying nonstop for 64 days, 22 hours and 19 minutes, covering 150,000 miles (240,000 kilometers) over the desert outside Las Vegas. Thats what two pilots did in 1958, setting a world record that still stands today.
Pilots Robert Timm and John Cook set a wild record in 1959. They climbed aboard a Cessna 172 in December 1958, then spent the next 64 days and 22 hours circling Nevada and California. Finally, on , after a grueling 64 days, 22 hours, 19 minutes, and 5 seconds, Timm and Cook returned and touched down at McCarran Airfield, marking the end of their historic Hacienda endurance flight.
