About Ed Long
Lived 1915 – 1999 (aged 83–84). Ed Long was an American aircraft pilot.
John Edward Long Jr. (November 10, 1915 – July 18, 1999 ) 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.
He began in 1933 at the age of 17, when he took his first and only flying lesson. He died July 18, 1999, at the age of 83.
Long was inducted into the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame.
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Who was Ed Long?
American pilot
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Ed Long was born in 1915.
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Ed Long died on 18 July 1999.
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Ed Long was an aircraft pilot.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ed Long. https://biography.guide/ed-long/
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