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Across the Atlantic with string and wood

Posted by Hemos on

SteveAstro writes "Steve Fossett together with Mark Rebholz and a recreation of the Vickers Vimy aircraft have just completed a re-enactment of the first transatlantic crossing by a piston engined aircraft by Alcock and Brown in June 1919. The team, with National Geographic Magazine. Fossett and his team are aiming to recreate the Triple Crown achieved by the Vimy, across the Atlantic, London-Cape Town and London - Australia"

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  1. Yawn by fixer007 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm guessing by the lack of posts in here that this is getting a big yawn from the crowd.

    Is anyone fascinated by recreating events that happened a long time ago?

    Should we be impressed by people that do things like this? It's been done folks, and there are alot better ways to do it now.

    Is there any event that you would like to see recreated? I suppose someone trying to recreate Magellan's voyage around the world(almost) would be pretty impressive.