[cynwoody]

They flew that Cessna non stop 64 days, 22 hours, 19 minutes, and five seconds.

http://www.countyairports.org/History/History_LongestFlight.html

From the link:

Re-fueling and re-supplying the airplane were the tricky parts. Twice daily, the plane was flown just above a speeding truck from which a hose was hoisted up to pump 95 gallons of avgas into the belly tank. Food, water and Other supplies were lifted up from the truck as well.

[rockinqsranch]

Yes. That’s what they did. They slowed the Cessna to the low 70’s mph, and there was a guy on a welded stand on the back of a pickup truck with a barrel of fuel he hand cranked. The hose was passed up to whomever wasn’t flying the plane at the time (either John, or Robert), and he would insert that into the fuel tank, and the crazy guy on the back of the pick up going 70+ miles per hour down the back road near Blythe, California would hand crank the pump to refuel the plane. Other supplies were sent up via a rope from a speeding T-Bird. Sandwiches, spare parts, etc. It must have been quite a thing to see. I met the Cooks a few months after they landed in 1959.

[jsanders2001]

> Re-fueling and re-supplying the airplane were the tricky parts. Twice daily, the plane was flown just above a speeding truck from which a hose was hoisted up to pump 95 gallons of avgas into the belly tank

Holy moley, Batman! I can't even imagine that! I'd like to have seen how that was done.

[T-Bone Texan]

I always wonder about the physical, excretory issues of these endurance flights.

Specifically, is there a little hole in the bottom of the plane where they dump their poop? I’d think they would want to get rid of that weight if at all possible.