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Fossett Readies for Nonstop Solo Flight
Associated Press ^
| 2/28/05
| JOHN MILBURN
Posted on 02/28/2005 1:24:05 PM PST by anymouse
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Jules Verne would be proud. :)
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posted on
02/28/2005 1:24:18 PM PST
by
anymouse
To: anymouse
To: anymouse
Go Wildcats!
To: anymouse
I'm amazed! (by how much I don't care)
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posted on
02/28/2005 1:35:12 PM PST
by
el_chupacabra
(I'm glad you were born.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
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posted on
02/28/2005 1:35:56 PM PST
by
Slicksadick
(Go out on a limb........Its where the fruit is.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
To: Slicksadick
Pix looks like Edwards AFB.
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posted on
02/28/2005 1:41:37 PM PST
by
Old Professer
(A man's conscience is like his garden, it is his and his alone to tend.)
To: anymouse
It's pretty windy in the greater Salina area just now.
Unless it dies, don't be surprised if launch doesn't
happen today.
Also, I don't think this craft has taken off with a
full fuel load before. As with Voyager (which scraped
off a winglet on takeoff), the departure could be, um,
interesting.
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posted on
02/28/2005 1:45:26 PM PST
by
Boundless
To: Old Professer
"
Pix looks like Edwards AFB."What's with all the parked airliners? Davis-Monthan?
To: nightdriver
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posted on
02/28/2005 1:55:55 PM PST
by
Old Professer
(A man's conscience is like his garden, it is his and his alone to tend.)
To: anymouse
To be a true non-stop flight, he'd have to never land again.
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posted on
02/28/2005 2:04:58 PM PST
by
LexBaird
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats" --Jubal Harshaw (RA Heinlein))
To: LexBaird
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posted on
02/28/2005 2:08:43 PM PST
by
Bigh4u2
To: Bigh4u2
Well, granted that George Carlin hasn't come down since 1968, but that's not quite what I meant.
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posted on
02/28/2005 2:25:59 PM PST
by
LexBaird
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats" --Jubal Harshaw (RA Heinlein))
To: nightdriver
What's with all the parked airliners? Davis-Monthan? Mohave airport, CA. Home of Rutan. Many airlines train their pilots there due to good Wx. Also a nice, dry place to store excess airliners.
To: anymouse
Wow. I hope he's got some good strategies for dealing with the extreme sleep deprivation he's gonna get. Reading about Dick Rutan's airborne hallucinations and Charles Lindbergh's similar problems, it's (IMO) the major danger he faces.
I got to meet Jeana Yeager a few times, and some of the mid-flight gremlins they faced were astounding.
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posted on
02/28/2005 2:30:09 PM PST
by
bootless
(Never Forget - And Never Again)
To: bootless
Wow. I hope he's got some good strategies for dealing with the extreme sleep deprivation he's gonna get. A GPS receiver and an autopilot.........
To: anymouse
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posted on
02/28/2005 3:01:42 PM PST
by
Fast1
(Destroy America buy Chinese goods.)
To: Thermalseeker
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posted on
02/28/2005 3:27:21 PM PST
by
bootless
(Never Forget - And Never Again)
To: Thermalseeker
A recent issue of AOPA Pilot described the hallucinations that Dick Tutan experienced during one of his record-setting flights here on the west coast ... one of the gremlins was telling him just to give up and crash - they would take care of him. Nasty stuff.
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posted on
02/28/2005 3:28:35 PM PST
by
bootless
(Never Forget - And Never Again)
To: bootless
dealing with the extreme sleep deprivation He appears to be energetic and willful. He should be fine. It's an adventure and dangerous, and if he fails at least he gave it his best.
Unlike the late Gonzo Journalist.
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posted on
02/28/2005 3:32:02 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Please correct if cosmic balance requires.)
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