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Feb 28^th, 2005 at 12:24pm

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Didn't know if anyone else had posted this, but I just noticed that you can "join" Steve Fossett in his non-stop attempt around the world.
http://www.theheavenlyhangar.com/READMORE/GLOBFLYER/fla_main.htm

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Reply #1 - Feb 28^th, 2005 at 8:26pm

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He's going to make it on 18,000 lbs of fuel?

HOLY SH*T! Shocked

What's he going to do, glide half the way? Tongue

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Reply #2 - Feb 28^th, 2005 at 8:51pm

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nah, he'll go around the world, at the north pole Grin

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Reply #3 - Feb 28^th, 2005 at 9:20pm

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thanks for the heads up d/ling now..

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Reply #4 - Feb 28^th, 2005 at 10:40pm

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hEY thats in Kansas!

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Reply #5 - Mar 1^st, 2005 at 7:14am

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He'll be using the same high altitude winds (jet stream) the long distance balloonists use.
I hope he makes it, that would be incredible!
And the route isn't polar, its Newfoundland, then across the ocean and to north Africa and the Middle East before passing over Pakistan and India and onwards until it re-enters US airspace over Los Angeles, landing, if things go smoothly, back where it started in Salina.

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #6 - Mar 1^st, 2005 at 2:23pm

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He's going to make it on 18,000 lbs of fuel?

HOLY SH*T! Shocked

What's he going to do, glide half the way? Tongue

The aeroplane only weighs about 3000lbs. 83% of the take off weight was fuel - and he only has one little jet engine to burn it...

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Reply #7 - Mar 1^st, 2005 at 2:39pm

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They got an FS model of the plane on that site. How thoughtful of them. Grin

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Reply #8 - Mar 1^st, 2005 at 3:02pm

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I thought he already made the trip.

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Reply #9 - Mar 1^st, 2005 at 3:04pm

C Offline
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They got an FS model of the plane on that site. How thoughtful of them. Grin

Seems realistic too - takes bloomin' ages to take off, climbs like a vat (full) of marmalade, and is good for straight lines (and not much else)... Grin

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Reply #10 - Mar 2^nd, 2005 at 11:38am

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He already made the trip in a balloon. This is the first non-stop solo flight around the world.

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