Single pilot around the world non stop

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jetman

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Steve Faucet is facing some difficulties trying to be the first pilot to fly solo around the world without refueling,the loss of 2200 lb of fuel,about 15% of the total, jeopardizes his goal.Still is not known what caused the fuel problem
I saw a pic of the plane ,looks different
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single Williams jet engine ,wing span over 110' empty 3300 lbs gross 22000 lbs
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Lets hope he finds a nice tailwind soon!!!
 
Steve is now back over U.S. soil in California and mission control anticipates landing in Kansas by midday. I really hope he makes it. It is absolutely friggin incredible.

Rock On Steve
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times you might be able to see him:


Catalina Island @ 13:21 UTC (in the dark)
Los Angeles, CA (South of) @ 13:36 UTC (in the dark)
Kingman, AZ (North of) @ 14:32 UTC
Farmington, NM @ 15:53 UTC
Garden City, KS @ 17:56 UTC
Salina, KS @ 18:53 UTC (13:53 local time)
 
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Steve is now back over U.S. soil in California and mission control anticipates landing in Kansas by midday. I really hope he makes it. It is absolutely friggin incredible.

Rock On Steve
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Well if he can make the Rockies he should be able to glide to Salina. Deadsticking into Salina is a piece of cake after some of the stuff he's done in the baloon.
 
latest update:
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Fossett crossed the coastline near Los Angeles shortly before 9 a.m. EST, about 61 hours after leaving from Salina on his record-setting attempt. He was expected back in the central Kansas town around 2:20 p.m. EST,

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getting close:
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Mission Status: 16:20 UTC. 63:33 hours into the flight, Steve and the Global Flyer crossed the New Mexico/Colorado Border near Pagosa Springs, CO in the San Juan Mountains. Steve is now only one state away from landing!

Garden City, KS @ 18:19 UTC
Salina, KS @ 19:17 UTC (13:17 local time)



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If anybody, I would guess CNN. Just checked and there is no mention yet......


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I stand corrected. On CNN website it says watch landing live approx. 215 EST.
 
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If anybody, I would guess CNN. Just checked and there is no mention yet......


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I stand corrected. On CNN website it says watch landing live approx. 215 EST.

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Thanks, man.
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CNN does now have a reporter standing by live. He should be landing pretty soon (30-40 minutes).
 
Okay kids, not to burst your bubbles, but let's put this into perspective.

First off it's "Fossett" not "Faucet".

Second is this really a huge accomplishment? I mean Fossett didn't build his plane in his garage. It's a highly engineered aircraft designed for a specific trip, and it's basically a small jet engine with a small cockpit and a huge fuel tank.

It's got all the bells and whistles. I mean I doubt that this guy ever pulled out his sextant, like Lindbergh did to plot his course, and it's not like this hasn't been done before.

Sure he had less fuel than he thought, but his computer told him that. It most likely told him what his altitude and power setting changes he needed to make to make it. Maybe it would've been a little more impressive if he had done all those calculations on his slide rule. He also had a mission control setup, so it's not like he was alone and had to rely on his wits.

So basically it's an achievement for the engineers who designed his plane, but the only thing he achieved was to write a bunch of checks.

And here's a little nugget. The circumference of the Earth at the equator is about 24,859.82 miles. If he didn't go around the equator he didn't fly that whole distance.

Things like this do not impress me. What was the danger element of this? If he ran out of fuel, even if he was over water mission control would've had someone out to pick him up before it was a problem. If he was off course the computers would correct him, and if he lost his computers then mission control would've gotten him the course corrections. To me this thing was the same as having a Predator Drone doing this.

Send someone off in a modified C172 with minimal equipment and without a fully loaded mission control and I'll be impressed.

Naunga
 
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That was cool.

Can you fly on Virgin Atlantic airlines more than once?
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Yes - but why would you want to? It is a mistake the first time, stupidity every time after that.
 
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Okay kids, not to burst your bubbles, but let's put this into perspective.

First off it's "Fossett" not "Faucet".

Second is this really a huge accomplishment? I mean Fossett didn't build his plane in his garage. It's a highly engineered aircraft designed for a specific trip, and it's basically a small jet engine with a small cockpit and a huge fuel tank.

It's got all the bells and whistles. I mean I doubt that this guy ever pulled out his sextant, like Lindbergh did to plot his course, and it's not like this hasn't been done before.

Sure he had less fuel than he thought, but his computer told him that. It most likely told him what his altitude and power setting changes he needed to make to make it. Maybe it would've been a little more impressive if he had done all those calculations on his slide rule. He also had a mission control setup, so it's not like he was alone and had to rely on his wits.

So basically it's an achievement for the engineers who designed his plane, but the only thing he achieved was to write a bunch of checks.

And here's a little nugget. The circumference of the Earth at the equator is about 24,859.82 miles. If he didn't go around the equator he didn't fly that whole distance.

Things like this do not impress me. What was the danger element of this? If he ran out of fuel, even if he was over water mission control would've had someone out to pick him up before it was a problem. If he was off course the computers would correct him, and if he lost his computers then mission control would've gotten him the course corrections. To me this thing was the same as having a Predator Drone doing this.

Send someone off in a modified C172 with minimal equipment and without a fully loaded mission control and I'll be impressed.

Naunga

[/ QUOTE ]yup, i agree... the only thing i'm impressed with is that he got clearance from all the countries he had to pass over and didn't have trouble with them once crossing into their airspace.
 
You guys didn't catch the new book "How to market yourself by doing whatever it takes to stay in the media on a daily basis" by Sir R. Branson?
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