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"Phil Newnham" <dont_you_spam_me@btinternet.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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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.
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> Phil
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http://www.usefilm.com/photographer/31307.html
Aha, yes that would explain why they didn't cross the equator.....
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Oskar
(retired captain)
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