In a previous article, Dan Foster said:
a) He had been up about 22 hours prior to the flight
If I remember his autobiography right, at one point he went off to have a
sleep and a friend came by to cry about "what am I going to do if you
die"?

b) Was up for 33 1/2 hours throughout flight
c) Was up for 4 hours post-flight
d) Had to deal with water spray during flight
e) Had to deal with oxygen issues at 10,000 ft best he could
f) Started to hallucinate about 2/3 way through flight
g) No flaps, no brakes -- chopping the power and letting mud
slow him down at Le Bourget worked out great.
h) Didn't take coffee (diuretic and caffeine effects)
i) Took only a little water and five sandwiches
j) Had to very, very carefully monitor actual fuel burn rate and
would adjust engine RPMs to nail an optimal profile -- and
slowed down the plane a bit as the fuel burned off
k) He said that the periscope was too tiresome to use for long
periods so he only used it during the early part of flight
l) Restricted visibility for landing
m) Had to contend with constant longitudinal instability (which
was reportedly deliberately chosen, as a means of keeping him
awake during the flight)
n) Had to do own nav position calculations based on the stars
o) No electrical starter -- had to have someone hand-crank the prop
p) Dealt with storms, icing, continuous fog

And take a look at that fiendishly complicated fuel system. I have enough
trouble remembering to switch from left to right and back again. Look at
all those little stop-cocks!


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
I didn't need to sabotage anything. Not being around to say "No that
won't work" or "you can't do it that way" is more than enough damage.
(Ego problem? It's not a problem.) -- Graham Reed, on job endings