60 AH JULY 2018
ENDURANCE CHAMPIONS
Robert Timm and John Cook, in
the Cessna 172 Hacienda Hotel,
pass a 1956 Ford Thunderbird at
McCarran Field, Nev., during their
record nonstop flight in 1958-59.THERE’S A GOOD REASON WHY THE FLIGHT ENDURANCE RECORD HAS STOOD
SINCE 1959: WHO WANTS TO SPEND MORE THAN 65 DAYS CRAMMED IN A
LIGHTPLANE? BY W.M. TARRANT