image creditMaybe you've never heard of the Hacienda Hotel, but you may have seen a Cessna 172 with 'Hacienda' plastered on the side in big, goofy letters hanging in the Las Vegas airport. They're connected. The plane's owner worked at the Hacienda, and, along with a co-pilot, set the record for the longest manned, refueled flight in 1959 by traveling 150,000 miles without landing.
Here's how (and why) they did it.
(via mental_floss)
