Steve Fossetts done it!

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"Steve P" <someone@somewhere.invalid> wrote in message
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050303/325/fdo0v.html

yep a great achievement. I, like many others no doubt, watched the landing
live.

Butts

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Steve P wrote:
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050303/325/fdo0v.html

Burt Rutan too, :-)

BTW, if anyone is interested, there is Global Flyer
for FS2004 and FS2002:

http://tinyurl.com/5h5ow

Maybe this is old news, but I found it just today.

- Alex


P.S. If the URL doesn't work:

http://www.theheavenlyhangar.com/R [...] /index.htm

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And Sir Richard is now a happy camper :-)

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"Steve P" <someone@somewhere.invalid> wrote in message
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> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050303/325/fdo0v.html
>

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On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 20:31:08 -0000, "Steve P"
<someone@somewhere.invalid> wrote:

>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050303/325/fdo0v.html
>

In the spirit of quoting selectively, one interesting sentence is:

"While Fossett is the first to make the flight alone, it will not
enter the record books since the Paris-based Federation Aeronautique
Internationale has said it does not have a separate category for solo
pilots."

Sirs John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown will go down in history and
a simulation of their Vimy will included with FS10.

Charles Lindburg? Who? :-/

More seriously, I wonder why the FAI doesn't recognize solo records.

It's a shame the UK TV didn't have more on Fossett's flight.
Especially annoying were the voices of TV commentators waffling on as
Fosseet came into land. BBC, ITV and Sky were all to blame, CNN
slightly less so.

James

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What was his route? I especially want to know if he crossed the equator and
how far south did he come?

Cheers
Peter Cokley
Australia

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"Peter and Susan" <petanoz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> What was his route? I especially want to know if he crossed the equator
> and how far south did he come?

Here's the official website: http://www.virginatlanticglobalflyer.com

I found a verbal description of the intended route (under "Mission Control" )
and it was all in the northern hemisphere, no equator crossing. They
intended to fly no further south than countries like Saudi Arabia and
Bangladesh. I'm still looking to see if the actual route is mapped out
somewhere...

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"Matt B." <sawdust100@charter.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> On the website ( http://www.virginatlanticglobalflyer.com ) it says that
> another world record that Steve Fossett broke on this flight was the
> "longest distance without landing". It says that the previous record was
> 12,000 miles set by a B-52 back in 1962.
>
> Wouldn't the Voyager 'round-the-world flight from the mid-1980's have
> broken that mark?
>
>
Sure he would. My guess is that the only record Fosset set is the speed
record. AFAIK there's no special record for single pilot operation, but I
might be wrong on that.
To qualify for the record FAI set's specific rules. Unfortunately it's not
so simple to find that through Google. I haven't been successful up to now.
As earth's circumference is 21600 NM my guess is that at least this distance
must be flown and AFAIK there's also a requirement to stay within a certain
Northern and Southern Latitude as well as the requirement to cross the
Equator.
Maybe somebody closer to FAI has all the
--
Oskar
(retired captain)
Remember, in the great scheme of things, we're all small potatoes...
pertinent information on that.

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On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 11:00:47 -0700, Earl Needham wrote:
> What was it? This item has already been removed.

His soiled underware? His smelly tee-shirt? Who knows!

Bill

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Oskar Wagner wrote:
> Sure he would. My guess is that the only record Fosset set is the speed
> record. AFAIK there's no special record for single pilot operation, but I
> might be wrong on that.
> To qualify for the record FAI set's specific rules. Unfortunately it's not
> so simple to find that through Google. I haven't been successful up to now.
> As earth's circumference is 21600 NM my guess is that at least this distance
> must be flown and AFAIK there's also a requirement to stay within a certain
> Northern and Southern Latitude as well as the requirement to cross the
> Equator.
> Maybe somebody closer to FAI has all the

AFAIK the minimum distance is the length of the Tropic of Cancer (could
be Capricorn). That was on the Virgin Globalflyer website, I think.

--
Phil

http://www.usefilm.com/photographer/31307.html

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Bill Leaming wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 11:00:47 -0700, Earl Needham wrote:
>
>> What was it? This item has already been removed.
>
>
> His soiled underware? His smelly tee-shirt? Who knows!
>
> Bill

:-)

It was the "emergency watch" that Richard Branson gave to
Steve Fossett to wear before the flight. It sold for over
7800 GBP (about $15000 USD). Good price for an used
item...

- Alex