Ed Long (aviator)

John Edward "Ed" Long, Jr. (1915–July 18, 1999[1]) was an American pilot who is in the Guinness Book of Records for the most flight time by a pilot: over 65,000 hours (more than seven years and four months) at the time of his death.[1][2]

He began in 1933 at the age of 17, when he took his first and only flying lesson.[1] In September 1989, he broke the previous record, 52,929 hours, set by Max Conrad in 1974.[1] According to his brother, Ed Long's job involved checking power lines, so "most of that was under 200 feet, in a Piper Cub".[1] He died in 1999 at the age of 83.

Long was inducted into the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame.[3]

References
  1. "Pilot Ed Long held world record for most flying hours". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. July 20, 1999.
  2. "Alabama man loves to fly and it shows". CNN. December 31, 1998.
  3. "Ed Long". Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on February 14, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2012.


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