I can see him now on AirNav Flight Tracker under the callsign of Virgin 101 (unless this is his chase plane) as he cuts southeast across the flow of airliners from the mainland north of Hawaii. Will watch to see if he makes a turn back to HNL, his ground speed has slowed to about 280 knots.
It's an odd course (114 degrees true) for Kansas from what I can see...
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Well, looks like he's making a turn, but it's not back to HNL:
Mission Status: Steve says "Let's go for it!"
At 21:30CST (03:30UCT) Steve Fossett relayed by satellite phone to Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer Mission Control Director Kevin Stass "let's go for it". Strong tailwinds across the Pacific from the coast of Japan carried
Steve between 100knots -130knots from the coast of Japan to Hawaii, bringing the round-the-world non-stop circumnavigation world record back within his grasp.
Steve Fossett, commented: "I hit the jetstream very well which has put us in a better fuel position. I have every hope of making it to Salina tomorrow."
Last edited by Airbubba; 3rd Mar 2005 at 04:23.