Platform

We’re going to attempt to break a Guinness World Record by flying an airplane nonstop for 65 days (no touching ground – not even to refuel).

History

In 1958, Robert Timm and John Cook, flew a four-seat Cessna 172 aircraft out of Las Vegas and didn’t touch ground for 64 days, 22 hours, 19 minutes, and 5 seconds.  This flight took place just three months after the last endurance record of 50 days was set by two men in Dallas, Texas.

The flight was sponsored entirely by The Hacienda Hotel and Casino, located on the Las Vegas Strip (where the Mandalay Bay now stands) and t still holds the record.  The flight served as a marketing promotion for the Hacienda, as well as a fundraising opportunity for the Damon Runyon Cancer Foundation.  It was the last flight in a series of six or ten record flights, spanning back to the 1920s.  The endurance flights
gained nationwide and even worldwide attention, drawing crowds of spectators and media at takeoff, refueling, and landing.  The Hacienda’s Cessna 172 aircraft flown in 1958 now hangs over baggage claim in a museum display at Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport.

We will attempt to break this record, but in slightly different fashion.  We will utilize air-to-air refueling rather than ground-to-air.  Also, we will have the slight advantage of new technology to make it just a tid bit more bearable than it must have been back in 1958/59.

Why A Flight?

The flight is simply a platform – a way to get people’s attention and create a following.  We are creating conversation, using a very lighthearted and engaging vehicle by which to share a very important message.

1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused before the age of 18.  And 9 out of 10 never tell anyone.  We are a nonprofit organization committed to conquering the stigma of stigma of child sexual abuse by sparking conversation.