OT: Steve Fossett around-the-world flight, Anyone else been paying attention? |
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OT: Steve Fossett around-the-world flight, Anyone else been paying attention? |
airsix |
Mar 3 2005, 12:22 PM
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I have bees in my epiglotis Group: Members Posts: 2,196 Joined: 7-February 03 From: Kennewick Man (E. WA State) Member No.: 266 |
Looks like Steve is about to make it (ETA about 1 hour) on his solo non-stop flight. Has anyone else been paying attention to this? I love aviation, aerospace, and nautical record-setting stuff.
-Ben M. |
bondo |
Mar 3 2005, 12:29 PM
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Practicing my perpendicular parking Group: Members Posts: 4,277 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 587 Region Association: Central California |
Wow, didn't hear about it... Is he using a fancy airplane like voyager, or can you do it now in an unloaded 777? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)
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bd1308 |
Mar 3 2005, 12:30 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
hope he's not flying in a 914......what's he flying in?
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URY914 |
Mar 3 2005, 12:32 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 120,389 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
I want to drive around the world in a 914. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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bd1308 |
Mar 3 2005, 12:34 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
me too....i think we could mount the engine backwards and attach a HUGE propeller on top of where the impeller is....it could happen!
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URY914 |
Mar 3 2005, 12:35 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 120,389 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
It ain't no Beachcraft...
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bondo |
Mar 3 2005, 12:36 PM
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Practicing my perpendicular parking Group: Members Posts: 4,277 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 587 Region Association: Central California |
Found the link: globalflyer
It may take a few attempts, everybody seems to be looking at it right now. |
balljoint |
Mar 3 2005, 12:36 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,000 Joined: 6-April 04 Member No.: 1,897 Region Association: None |
Over 70 hours without a bathroom break? They'd better clear a line through the crowd when he lands...it's going to be close.
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airsix |
Mar 3 2005, 12:43 PM
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I have bees in my epiglotis Group: Members Posts: 2,196 Joined: 7-February 03 From: Kennewick Man (E. WA State) Member No.: 266 |
Yep, his plane is like Voyager. Designed by the same guy - Burt Rutan. Greatest aircraft designer of our generation without question. -Ben M. |
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bondo |
Mar 3 2005, 12:51 PM
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Practicing my perpendicular parking Group: Members Posts: 4,277 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 587 Region Association: Central California |
I agree, awesome stuff. That x-prize win blew my mind. He's also a Cal Poly grad! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) I have to wonder though.. if you took a 777, ripped out all the interior, added a couple more fuel tanks, and ran it on one engine... would it make it? You'd have alot more room, and you could keep one of the bathrooms (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) I know there are nonstop flights from LA to london.. Do they use the 777 for that? |
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balljoint |
Mar 3 2005, 01:22 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,000 Joined: 6-April 04 Member No.: 1,897 Region Association: None |
Wait a minute. There's no front windshield. How does he see where he's going, hang his head out?
Neat stuff. |
JmuRiz |
Mar 3 2005, 01:27 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,425 Joined: 30-December 02 From: NoVA Member No.: 50 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
See that little bubble below the engine...that's the window...cool eh?
Looks like he'll be landing in 10 min or so. I'm glad to see he's doing it from Kansas too, I used to live in the small plane capital of the world (Wichita) |
balljoint |
Mar 3 2005, 01:37 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,000 Joined: 6-April 04 Member No.: 1,897 Region Association: None |
Got it, thanks, I was wondering how advanced avation electronics were. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif)
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ArtechnikA |
Mar 3 2005, 01:42 PM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
sez who? ya got a lot of privacy in a single-seat aircraft over the Pacific... i remember the press conference after Jeanna Yeager and Dick Rutan's Voyager flight when Dick Rutan said "I'm just going to answer the two most frequently asked questions first and get them out of the way. first, never again in a million years; second, we put in a plastic bag and dropped it overboard." |
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Qarl |
Mar 3 2005, 01:53 PM
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Shriveled member Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,233 Joined: 8-February 03 From: Florida Member No.: 271 Region Association: None |
Touchdown!
5 feet short! Dang. Better luck next time. |
balljoint |
Mar 3 2005, 01:57 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,000 Joined: 6-April 04 Member No.: 1,897 Region Association: None |
Oh okay then, that plane didn't look big enough for a person to cross their legs in anyway. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) #1 is not too bad, on that long flight he 'prolly just wizzed back in his own beer bottles right? #2? Eew, need a strong Ziploc for that one. |
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RON S. |
Mar 3 2005, 01:57 PM
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9140430841, FINALLY RUNNING Group: Members Posts: 1,211 Joined: 22-May 03 From: WALTERBORO,S.C. Member No.: 724 Region Association: South East States |
I just love it.
It's great to be fortunate enough to be born in a free country.People get to do a lot of really neat stuff. Me,I'm holding out for that Sub-orbital flight when they become available.I told the wife I'm gonna do it. To hell with leaving the grand kids any inheritance.Spend it in retirement. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/aktion035.gif) Ron |
Eric_Shea |
Mar 3 2005, 04:30 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,274 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
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Katmanken |
Mar 3 2005, 08:44 PM
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You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Yeah,
Way cool what they can do now. As for pissing in a container, my dad the AF pilot used to do that. Whole lot easier goin to the bathroom in a plane than in space. In space, ya need a toilet where the sh*t is supposed to hit the fan (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) God only knows why he used the old Schilling AFB runway in Salina. It is one big ass flat piece of ground around there and the runway was built for multiple B-52 takeoffs. Ken |
redshift |
Mar 3 2005, 09:03 PM
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Bless the Hell out of you! Group: Members Posts: 10,926 Joined: 29-June 03 Member No.: 869 |
They used it for several reasons. Clear airspace. Crunch time, from wheels up, to the coast, work out bugs.. Ego; Make the press come to our rich asses, and wait.
East coast: Bad! No time to work out bugs. West coast: Bad, Tall mountains, low angle climb-out bad for economy, and windy.. The fuel dump story is an F'IN lie. (hey! get over here to the TV! The rich guy could die!) M |
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