1939 Taylorcraft Endurance Record Still Standing???

[VictorBravo]

I just bought an old T-craft magazine ad off of ebay, noting the 14 1/2 day long endurance flight by the Moody brothers I believe in 1939. 343 hours in a T-craft..... Oh, My God!! I start bitching after about three hours.

Does anyone know if this record still stands? I can't imagine anyone else wanting to break that record. My question is asked because I want to be able to display this old advertisement on our monthly "display days", and I'd like to be able to put up a sign saying that this record still stands if it does.

[Robert Lees]

Re: 1939 Taylorcraft Endurance Record Still Standing???

I thought it had been broken by the Cessna 170 that now hangs in McCarran Airport Las Vegas?

[Yellow Duck]

Re: 1939 Taylorcraft Endurance Record Still Standing???

Don't know about that but my Buddy Bruce from New Iberia LA, just broke the flight time in a single engine aircraft from San Diego CA to Jacksonvill FL. A little over eight hours. Non stop, in a Glass Air , he built. Altitude roughly 23K, avg. speed about 230K. Not bad for a garage built airplane.