Global Flyer
Posted:
Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:24 pmby mark_av
Didn't know if anyone else had posted this, but I just noticed that you can "join" Steve Fossett in his non-stop attempt around the world.
http://www.theheavenlyhangar.com/READMORE/GLOBFLYER/fla_main.htm
Re: Global Flyer
Posted:
Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:26 pmby beefhole
He's going to make it on 18,000 lbs of fuel?
HOLY SH*T!
What's he going to do, glide half the way?
Re: Global Flyer
Posted:
Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:51 pmby legoalex2000
nah, he'll go around the world, at the north pole
Re: Global Flyer
Posted:
Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:20 pmby Jared
thanks for the heads up d/ling now..:-)
Re: Global Flyer
Posted:
Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:40 pmby The Ruptured Duck
hEY thats in Kansas!
Cool Beans
Re: Global Flyer
Posted:
Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:14 amby ozzy72
He'll be using the same high altitude winds (jet stream) the long distance balloonists use.
I hope he makes it, that would be incredible!
And the route isn't polar, its Newfoundland, then across the ocean and to north Africa and the Middle East before passing over Pakistan and India and onwards until it re-enters US airspace over Los Angeles, landing, if things go smoothly, back where it started in Salina.
Re: Global Flyer
Posted:
Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:23 pmby C
He's going to make it on 18,000 lbs of fuel?
HOLY SH*T!
What's he going to do, glide half the way?
The aeroplane only weighs about 3000lbs. 83% of the take off weight was fuel - and he only has one little jet engine to burn it...
Re: Global Flyer
Posted:
Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:39 pmby Woodlouse2002
They got an FS model of the plane on that site. How thoughtful of them.
Re: Global Flyer
Posted:
Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:02 pmby jordonj
I thought he already made the trip.
Re: Global Flyer
Posted:
Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:04 pmby C
They got an FS model of the plane on that site. How thoughtful of them.
Seems realistic too - takes bloomin' ages to take off, climbs like a vat (full) of marmalade, and is good for straight lines (and not much else)...
Re: Global Flyer
Posted:
Wed Mar 02, 2005 11:38 amby Mobius
He already made the trip in a balloon. This is the first non-stop solo flight around the world.