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Fossett Flies!

zogger
Wed Feb 08 14:55:10 -0800 2006
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After weather related delays, Steve Fossett's latest attempt at another world flying record got off the ground today at 7:22 EST. His latest adventure is to fly the furthest distance solo, a record currently held by Dick Rutan and Jeanna Yeager.

"8 February 2006, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA: At 07:22 (local time) this morning, record-setting pilot Steve Fossett set off down the long runway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility in his Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer single-engine jet. His target - the longest distance flight in aviation history, over 26,000 statute miles."..more there
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Fossett Flies!
Technocrat.net Editor
Wed Feb 08 18:45:39 -0800 2006
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I wonder how much sleep he'll get this time? Autopilots are really good these days, GPS and all. And they don't call you on the radio too often when you're over the ocean.

    Bruce
Fossett Flies!
Repton
Thu Feb 09 19:05:57 -0800 2006
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He's flying solo, but Rutan and Yeager do not hold the record for the longest solo flight — they have the record for the longest flight by an aeroplane.
 

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