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Fossett makes history: Pilot is first person to fly solo nonstop round-the-world
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Posted on 03/03/2005 11:58:47 AM PST by Next_Time_NJ
(CNN) -- Pilot Steve Fossett has become the first person to fly solo nonstop round-the-world. His plane, the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, touched down Thursday afternoon in Salina, Kansas, more than 66 hours after he lifted off from the same spot.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Technical
KEYWORDS: aroundtheworld; flight; fossett; history; lotsacoffee; peterbranson; plane; stevefossett; virginatlantic
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To: Next_Time_NJ
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posted on
03/03/2005 11:59:47 AM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(“Every time a system is made foolproof - a new class of fool emerges.”)
To: Fierce Allegiance
Dittos to that. Looks like the Smithsonian will be getting a new exhibit in the near future.
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:01:13 PM PST
by
NCC-1701
(ISLAM IS A CULT, PURE AND SIMPLE!!!!! IT MUST BE ERADICATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.)
To: Next_Time_NJ
Very cool. Don't know how he does it solo, at his age.
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:02:15 PM PST
by
Peach
(The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: Next_Time_NJ
Looks like a Bert Rutan plane, all right.
To: Next_Time_NJ
Thanks. I wonder how much fuel was left?
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:03:30 PM PST
by
Pyro7480
("All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady." - Tolkien)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Rutan rocks. It's been a good year for him.
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:03:50 PM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(“Every time a system is made foolproof - a new class of fool emerges.”)
To: Next_Time_NJ
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:04:05 PM PST
by
3dognight
To: Next_Time_NJ
Hope he had a good autopilot; either that or I hope the DEA isn't checking him for meth ... how a man can stay up 66 hours .. no idea for a man his age.
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:04:12 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Nations do not survive by setting examples for others. Nations survive by making examples of others)
To: Next_Time_NJ
Doesn't seem like a big deal in this day and age.
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:04:34 PM PST
by
Huck
(I only type LOL when I'm really LOL.)
To: Peach
Very cool. Don't know how he does it solo, at his age. coffee, viagra, depends undergarments
To: Next_Time_NJ
Great news! It'll be interesting to see how much fuel he has left - and whether he had a fuel leak or the gages were bad. I'd like to see a movie of this guys life.
To: Pyro7480
I would bet the only thing left in the tank is memories. But, being as it's a Rutan design, he may have enough to fly on to the east coast.
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:05:13 PM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(“Every time a system is made foolproof - a new class of fool emerges.”)
To: Centurion2000
He took cat naps, and he had autopilot.
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:05:18 PM PST
by
Pyro7480
("All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady." - Tolkien)
To: Centurion2000
...how a man can stay up 66 hours... Insert Viagra joke here...
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:05:49 PM PST
by
Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
To: Next_Time_NJ
While he was at it, he should have wrapped a yellow ribbon around the planet - liberals would have been impressed.
To: Centurion2000
how a man can stay up 66 hours .. no idea for a man his age.Cialis?
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:06:36 PM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Trusting CBS to fact check is like asking Michael Jackson to baby sit your kid.)
To: Revelation 911
Not sure about the viagra :-)
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:07:56 PM PST
by
Peach
(The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: Peach
"Don't know how he does it solo, at his age... "
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:08:15 PM PST
by
traumer
To: Next_Time_NJ
Technically, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first to fly solo non-stop around the earth.
But I understand that the achievement here is in an airplane.
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:08:32 PM PST
by
kidd
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