A bit more information on that Hacienda endurance flight than I’ve known previously…. I didn’t know they dealt with oil changes in-flight… nor that the pilot was a WW2 bomber-pilot turned slot-machine mechanic.
https://simpleflying.com/robert-timm-jo ... essna-172/
The 1958-59 Endurance Flight
Moderators: GAHorn, Karl Towle, Bruce Fenstermacher
The 1958-59 Endurance Flight
'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
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50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.