I had never heard of this record until now. Cross-country flying in small planes like this can be incredibly tedious and the refueling sounds very dangerous. I can't imagine doing it for this long. Apparently, neither can the guy who did it:

> When asked by a reporter if he would ever replicate the stunt, Cook replied: “Next time I feel in the mood to fly endurance, I’m going to lock myself in a garbage can with the vacuum cleaner running, and have Bob serve me T-bone steaks chopped up in a thermos bottle. That is, until my psychiatrist opens for business in the morning.”

Source: https://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/airborne-for-64-day...

Good Lord, what an adventure! Thank you for posting!! I had no idea about this flight.

Here's an account that popped up on Google.

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2008/march/01/e...

Even more impressive, they did it before audiobooks!

how did they um...."defuel" their bodies and such in the air?