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GlobalFlyer Completes Record-Breaking Flight

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the shoulda-gone-for-two dept.

ikewillis writes "Steve Fossett has successfully landed the GlobalFlyer in Kansas, completing the record-breaking flight and becoming the first person to successfully circle the earth in a nonstop solo flight. The journey of 37,000 kilometres has taken 67 hours, many of them fraught with anxiety over whether the custom-made GlobalFlyer aircraft had enough fuel for the trip. Fossett managed to touch down at 2:48 p.m. EST, to the delight of mission control staff, a small crowd and a marching band that had gathered at the airstrip to welcome him."

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  1. Re:Steve Fossett, dead at 60 by Harodotus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dude! What kind of poorly nested pseudo-tags are those?

    Didn't you mean:

    [troll feeding]
    [spelling nazi]
    I deny that he holds a place in anyone's 'anals'!
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    [/troll feeding]
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  2. Re:So Who Else Was On the Flight? by eno2001 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And what does Han Solo have to do with anything...? ;P

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