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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
He just did it for "the miles."
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:49:09 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
To: CitizenM
Besides, its gratifying to know that some folks still have the Right Stuff!
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:51:01 PM PST
by
hunter112
(Total victory, both in the USA and the Middle East!)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
"Careful who you give ideas to."
LOL! I have a movie in my Netflix account about a guy who did that:
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:51:11 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: kidd
Did Yuri Gagarin make an orbit? I though John Glenn was the first to orbit. Anyway the title of this article is inaccurate. Fosset is the first to fly nonstop without refueling.
To: BwanaNdege
I was on a commercial flight that went up to 42, maybe 44,000 feet. Denver to Boston. A snow storm was hitting the
airport just as we were taking off.
To: True Republican Patriot
Eh. I just can't get that excited about it.
To: sharktrager
With Cialis any erections over 4 hours require immediate medical attention.
I saw it on the commercial...
I would just notify the local media!
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:55:09 PM PST
by
thag
(Islam is a religion of peace. People are dying to prove it.....)
To: Next_Time_NJ; bootless; SCDogPapa; Thommas; GaltMeister; miele man; Criminal Number 18F; ...
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:56:37 PM PST
by
Aeronaut
(You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky. -- Amelia Earhart)
To: Oberon
He beat Bob Dole's record...
To: Next_Time_NJ
Awesome.
I bet there were lots of spectators.
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posted on
03/03/2005 12:58:14 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
("War is an ugly thing, but...the decayed feeling...which thinks nothing worth war, is worse." -Mill)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Google (or Snopes) "Lawnchair Larry". He did it in real life. He committed suicide at about 35.
To: kidd
>Technically, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first to fly solo non-stop around the earth.
Are you forgetting Timothy Leary in the late '50s?
:~)
("If you remember the '70s, you obviously did not participate in them")
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:00:56 PM PST
by
MindBender26
(Having your own XM177 E2 means never having to say you are sorry......)
To: Beelzebubba
To: jaydubya2
Did Yuri Gagarin make an orbit? I though John Glenn was the first to orbit.
No, the Gagarin first flight was an orbit. Our Shepard sub-orbital flight was just a quickie to get us on the boards.
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:03:54 PM PST
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your Friendly Freeper Patent Attorney)
To: Next_Time_NJ
'Around the world in 66 hours?'
To: Peach
He's only 60. Rutan's test pilot who got the record for breaking the sound barrier was already 61. A lot of times the older ones have their discipline in order so they can do such things no problem.
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:07:32 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Please correct if cosmic balance requires.)
To: dfwgator
Hi didn't do this to build cross country time.
Technically, this is not considered a "Cross Country flight" - it was just a local flight, since it sounds like he landed at the same airfield that he took off from.
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:08:08 PM PST
by
C210N
To: Peach
I am not 60 (yet) but I need lots less sleep now that I used to. When I was in my 20s, I could sleep for 10 hours. I rarely go over 6 or 7 these days, and I have been able to function fine for 3 days at a time on nothing but tiny "micro-naps" of 10 minutes or so.
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:09:01 PM PST
by
spodefly
(This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
To: Centurion2000
He had an autopilot and took a short nap.
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:09:09 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Please correct if cosmic balance requires.)
To: rwfromkansas
From the video feed, most of the spectators were parked out on I-70 :-)
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:11:34 PM PST
by
hattend
(Liberals! Beware the Perfect Rovian Storm [All Hail the Evil War Monkey King, Chimpus Khan!])
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