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Feb 28^th, 2005 at 4:11pm

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The Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer is due off withing the next 3 hrs, probably between 2200 and 2300 GMT...

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Reply #1 - Feb 28^th, 2005 at 9:42pm

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Cool! That is a neat site, but very slow!It must be a unique feeling being on top of the world alone for so long... except for the fact that he'll have full time contact with just about everything and supposedly even having Citation business jet chase planes.

More info...

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Reply #2 - Mar 1^st, 2005 at 9:42pm

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Nice, looks like it would be fun to fly.

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Reply #3 - Mar 1^st, 2005 at 10:56pm

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Appearently it took off in Lansing Kansas. just outside what I would consider a reasonable distance for me to drive to see it.

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Reply #4 - Mar 2^nd, 2005 at 6:59pm

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Personally, that is outside of my driving radius (not my flying radius though).

Why do that when I could go to Fort Worth and see the F-16 factory and the Bell helicopter factory? Cheesy

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Reply #5 - Mar 3^rd, 2005 at 2:51pm

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As of about 3 minutes ago Steve Fosset has completed his flight. Two new records in one flight!

Official time: 67hrs 2 minutes 38 seconds

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Reply #6 - Mar 3^rd, 2005 at 8:04pm

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Yeh...i did a little reading on that flight..pretty cool. It said he wants to break the jet record now to...

P.S. who would have thought there were millionares in Kansas

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Reply #7 - Mar 3^rd, 2005 at 8:50pm

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For anyone who has the FS version of global flyer read this http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3217961/ you will have to scroll down past the main article to where it sais "virtual round-the-world flights".

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Reply #8 - Mar 3^rd, 2005 at 9:48pm

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I don't have the patience to fly it 'til the tank empties, but I sure will try it!

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