Not_Boeing 747: It just keeps going and going...

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Not_Boeing 747: It just keeps going and going...

Postby Rabbi O'Genius » Mon Mar 06, 2017 1:19 pm

in the air for 64 days, 22 hours, 19 minutes and five seconds – a record for a refueled flight that still stands today
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Re: Not_Boeing 747: It just keeps going and going...

Postby flyboy2548m » Mon Mar 06, 2017 2:50 pm

64 days in a -172...Good God!
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Re: Not_Boeing 747: It just keeps going and going...

Postby Rabbi O'Genius » Mon Mar 06, 2017 3:28 pm

Ground to air refueling............ 128 times
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Re: Not_Boeing 747: It just keeps going and going...

Postby 3WE » Thu Mar 09, 2017 3:10 am

64 days in a -172...Good God!
Indeed

That is a disturbing thought.
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