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VulcanB2
02-11-2006, 12:40 PM
Hi,

Steve Fossett has broken the world-record and flown non-stop around the world in over 80 hours, and beaten the non-stop flying record by 17 miles!

Shortly after takeoff he though he had catastrophically damaged his aircraft, and prepared to bail out as it was thought the wing as about to collapse. During the climb he lost over a 1T of fuel (again) dsespite mods to the fuel vents, then later he suffered electrical problems, finally having to divert to Bournmouth in the UK just miles from the proposed lanbding site at Mildenhall in Kent.

He made it though!! :D :D :D :D :D

Best regards,
Robin.

Frank N. O.
02-11-2006, 12:46 PM
Wow, that sounds wild! Congratulations to him! What plane was he using?

Frank

chris
02-11-2006, 01:09 PM
The Virgin Global Flyer.

Frank N. O.
02-11-2006, 09:21 PM
Ah I see it now, nice looking plane, who made it?

Man that guy sure gets around doesn't he?
Frank

VulcanB2
02-12-2006, 10:22 AM
Hi,

Scaled Composites.

You might be interested in this: http://www.virginglobalflyer.com/News/landing_unscheduled.jsp

Best regards,
Robin.
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