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Old 7th Dec 2005, 10:06
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Coconutty
 
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Question

Something definitely not right here ....

A few extracts from their web site :

Thank you for being interested in financing the World record flight 2006.
The world Record Helicopter team needs a minimum of at least six-hundred thousand US dollars to make this world record flight possible.
Note the "2006" bit ?

and the start of the published route :
The World Record Helicopter Team will depart from LAX (Los Angeles, CA) and will fly to the east coast (United States).........
and....

10-30-05 - After Johan took of on his coast to coast flight, traffic on the website increased with 400%.
Does this mean that the "World Record Flight 2006" has already departed - is that "coast to coast" bit the start of the attempt that was launched on 30th October 2005 ?

Wonder how they are doing ?

... what about the US $600 GRAND needed to make it all possible - on their web site they list the "Top Ten" contributors, and ALL 3 OF THEM add up to a paltry US $600 !

havoc : You say you "received this message" - are you able to say who sent it - was it an attempt to get you to part with cash ?

Meanwhile it would be nice to hear from anyone more closely linked to this attempt, to quell any suspicions
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