The Life Airborne with Steve Fossett

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
May 23rd 2005 at 8:53AM

Oh to be Steve Fossett, when he's not breaking records flying around the world in the Global Flyer for Richard Branson, he's flying with the Vimy Project. For Branson, he flew the latest technology but now he's joined up with Mark Rebholz to relaunch the Vickers Vimy Project. Fossett and Robholz are getting ready to recreate the 1919 Transatlantic flight from St John's, Newfoundland in Canada to Clifden, Co, Galway, Ireland by British flyers John W. Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown.Fossett and Robholz launched on Thursday from Novato, California and plan to head to Newfoundland for their transatlantic flight between the second and third week of June. The plane is a twin-engine replica bomber which is the world's largest flying biplane with a 70-foot wingspan. Like with the Global Flyer there is a website so that we can allow follow along with the flight's progress.

[via Aero-News]

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