Congratulations Steve Fossett!
1 posted on
02/11/2006 10:28:01 AM PST by
protest1
To: protest1
Adveturer Steve Fossett is helped out of the aircraft upon landing after declaring an emergency after a loss of electrical power at Bournemouth, England, Saturday, Feb 11, 2006. Fossett completed the longest nonstop flight in aviation history Saturday after flying around the globe _ and then some _ in roughly 80 hours. Fossett, 61, was forced to land his lightweight experimental plane, Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer, at Bournemouth International Airport, in southern England, instead of his planned landing point in nearby Kent, after encountering generator problems. Ground control said he broke the distance record of 24,987 miles (40,210 kilometers), set in 1986, as he flew over Shannon, Ireland. Fossett flew 26,389.3 miles (42,467.5 kilometers) in approximately 76 hours, his ground team said. (AP Photo, Pool)
2 posted on
02/11/2006 10:31:12 AM PST by
NormsRevenge
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To: protest1
how do you use the bathroom in those conditions?
3 posted on
02/11/2006 10:31:21 AM PST by
mfnorman
To: protest1
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8 posted on
02/11/2006 10:36:42 AM PST by
Socratic
To: protest1
Power naps?
One can only guess what they are fueled with.
9 posted on
02/11/2006 10:37:05 AM PST by
G.Mason
(Duty, Honor, Country)
To: protest1
TIME MARCHES ON!
HISTORY! YOU GOTTA LOVE IT!
11 posted on
02/11/2006 10:42:27 AM PST by
JOE6PAK
(...diagonally parked in a parallel universe.)
To: protest1
They had a whole lot of problems. Are we sure it isn't really a government operation?
12 posted on
02/11/2006 10:42:45 AM PST by
Moonman62
(Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
To: protest1
...millionaire adventurer... Class-envy AP jerks. Like somebody on welfare is going to try this...
17 posted on
02/11/2006 10:56:30 AM PST by
D-Chivas
To: protest1
Mileage at Shannon Ireland =24987
Mileage at bournemouth england = 26389
It can't possibly be 1,400 miles between them! So, where'd he go in the meantime?
18 posted on
02/11/2006 11:03:08 AM PST by
aShepard
(Have Gun, Will Travel!)
To: protest1
How many frequent fly miles did he rack up?
To: protest1
Funny.
While scrolling FR for news stories, I say your post... while listening to the song "Get Here" ("You can reach me by a big balloon...")
26 posted on
02/11/2006 1:28:33 PM PST by
Mr. Brightside
(Me? I'm just a lawn mower.)
To: protest1
Steve Fossett has balls the size of cantalopes. His around-the-world sailing gigs were dangerous enough. The world's greatest adventurer bar none.
To: protest1
32 posted on
02/11/2006 8:11:07 PM PST by
hattend
(Muslims are the only people who make feminists seem laid-back. - Ann Coulter)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; FairOpinion; tricky_k_1972; KevinDavis
other source:
Fossett Sets Flight Distance Record
by Guy Gugliotta
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, February 12, 2006; Page A18
The flight, which began at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 7:22 a.m. (Eastern time) Wednesday, lasted 76 hours and 45 minutes and covered 26,389.3 miles, the GlobalFlyer Web site said, more than 1,000 miles farther than the flight of the balloon Breitling Orbiter 3 in 1999.
33 posted on
02/12/2006 7:51:13 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
(Islam is medieval fascism, and the Koran is a medieval Mein Kampf.)
To: protest1
"Early Saturday, Fossett decided to try to finish the trip after reaching the middle of the Atlantic.
Duh.
Cordially,
36 posted on
02/13/2006 8:26:48 AM PST by
Diamond
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