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Fossett Set to Make Aviation History (Live Thread)
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| 3.3.05
Posted on 03/03/2005 7:30:50 AM PST by gopwinsin04
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The networks say he will have close to 1,300 lbs of fuel left at the end, so no glide landing as they were contemplating earlier..(they can glide for up to 200 miles in an emergency without fuel)
To: gopwinsin04
Estimated landing time in KS?
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posted on
03/03/2005 7:34:13 AM PST
by
RushCrush
(I like America to some extent. -Michael Moore)
To: RushCrush
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posted on
03/03/2005 7:35:06 AM PST
by
Flyer
(The contents of this information is for your exclusive use and should not be forum curran)
To: RushCrush
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posted on
03/03/2005 7:36:45 AM PST
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Flyer
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To: RushCrush
To: gopwinsin04
The US pilots 14,358.02 miles beat the 12,532.28 miles set by the B-52 bomber more than four decades ago. Incorrect, Burt Rutan & Jeana Yeager flew the Voyager Aircraft 26,366 statute miles without refueling in 1986.
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posted on
03/03/2005 7:41:04 AM PST
by
So Cal Rocket
(Proud Member: Internet Pajama Wearers for Truth)
To: Flyer
Thanks for the link. Site is super busy.... will check here for updates.
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posted on
03/03/2005 7:41:45 AM PST
by
RushCrush
(I like America to some extent. -Michael Moore)
To: gopwinsin04
As of a few minutes ago....
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posted on
03/03/2005 7:41:54 AM PST
by
Textide
To: So Cal Rocket
Maybe the B-52 flight was solo... (LOL!)
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posted on
03/03/2005 7:42:45 AM PST
by
gridlock
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: So Cal Rocket
Incorrect, Burt Rutan & Jeana Yeager flew the Voyager Aircraft 26,366 statute miles without refueling in 1986.
Incorrect. Dick Rutan.
To: sasquatch
Well it is CBS news after all.
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posted on
03/03/2005 7:47:47 AM PST
by
Textide
To: Aeronaut
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posted on
03/03/2005 7:50:45 AM PST
by
Textide
To: So Cal Rocket
Not strictly incorrect, but typically sloppy reporting. Fossett isn't competing with the B-52. He's alone in a single-engine flying gastank. And I will be glad to see him do this.
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posted on
03/03/2005 7:51:39 AM PST
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Textide
He's gonna get there way before 1PM central..is that eastern time?
To: sasquatch
You are correct, oh wise one... Burt's aircraft, but Dick was the pilot.
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posted on
03/03/2005 7:54:02 AM PST
by
So Cal Rocket
(Proud Member: Internet Pajama Wearers for Truth)
To: gopwinsin04
> ... can glide for up to 200 miles in an emergency without fuel ...
If he can make it to the CO-KS border under power and at
nominal cruise alt, he's probably within gliding range of
Salina, making some assumptions about the tailwind.
To: Frank_Discussion
Exactly. Here's what AVweb reported this morining:
"Along the way he set at least one new record. Until Wednesday, the record for "distance without landing" belonged to a B-52 and it was set in 1962 (Rutan's Voyager notwithstanding ... classes, categories, engines ...). When it looked like Fossett might not complete the flight, Conference and Record Board reps got together via conference call and voted to give him the record. His first available airport after reaching the point of no return beyond Hawaii is Catalina Island."
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/359-full.html#189286
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posted on
03/03/2005 8:11:45 AM PST
by
GBA
To: Textide; Tijeras_Slim; FireTrack; Pukin Dog; citabria; B Knotts; kilowhskey; cyphergirl; ...
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posted on
03/03/2005 8:15:42 AM PST
by
Aeronaut
(You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky. -- Amelia Earhart)
To: Boundless
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posted on
03/03/2005 8:16:00 AM PST
by
Textide
To: Frank_Discussion
"And I will be glad to see him do this."Why?
Seems like a bored rich guy to me. That's OK, but what is the significance to society?
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