"José Herculano" wrote in message
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Can anyone verify Spad SIOP missions of 24 hours?

Hope I don't put my foot in my mouth, but IIRC Spad's could be up 6-7
hours
max conserve.

I recall my father talking about 8-10 hour flights in which go-pills were
mandatory, at least for the pilot and lead nav.

My father related a training video of a Spad driver coming back after a long
mission without his go-pills and the approach to the boat was not pretty,
although the pilot was thought it was a nice approach in an interview after
the flight. In his squadron, there was a theat of discipline if you didn't
take your pills.