Sir Richard and that World Record Attempt..
Widely announced in the UK media during the recent days is Steve Fosset's proposed solo unrefuelled around the world record attempt in one of Bert Rutan's wonderplanes. No prob with this ...so far.... except that it is widely reported that the "standby pilot" is no other than Richard Branson! Equine slurry surely! Now, let's see...he'll need training and testing for an FAA licence, an instrument rating, training and experience operating a gas turbine, then there's climatology, navigation, air law, etc etc etc. Oh Perlease!! bm
Last edited by BoeingMEL; 28th October 2003 at 17:09.