Steve
Fossett has touched down at Bournemouth Airport putting a successful end to the Ultimate Flight. Fossett, who broke the world
record for the longest flight ever at 26.389.3 miles and a duration of 76 hours and 45 minutes. Fossett was supposed to
land at Kent International Airport, but had to make an emergency landing when his generator failed. It was a rough
landing, two tires burst and his windscreen was iced up but he is now on land and in need of a nap.Global Flyer Lands, Breaks Record
Steve
Fossett has touched down at Bournemouth Airport putting a successful end to the Ultimate Flight. Fossett, who broke the world
record for the longest flight ever at 26.389.3 miles and a duration of 76 hours and 45 minutes. Fossett was supposed to
land at Kent International Airport, but had to make an emergency landing when his generator failed. It was a rough
landing, two tires burst and his windscreen was iced up but he is now on land and in need of a nap.
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2-16-2006 @ 11:50AM
Joaquin Lippincott said...
My company (Metal Toad Media) created the map images for Blue Sky Network, which were used to track the Global Flyer's position. We recently took that information and created a time-lapse movie of the most recent Global Flyer flight:
http://www.metaltoad.com/global_flyer.html
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