Mysterious case of the "missing" fuel!

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3rd March 2005 | 14:34

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AVeight

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We should all learn later on today whether Mr Fossett makes it or not....he is expect to land at approx. 6pm.

Good luck to him and agree with BEagle, nice to see some real aviation going on!

Think they should change the motto on the web site to read......

"One man One plane One World No Fuel"

3rd March 2005 | 15:37

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Wedge

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Good luck to Steve Fossett, if he succeeds this will be one of the great feats of aviation history.

3rd March 2005 | 16:06

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>>We should all learn later on today whether Mr Fossett makes it or not....he is expect to land at approx. 6pm. <<

He's now over Colorado, latest ETA is 1917 UTC. Sir Richard is back in Kansas anticipating the arrival.

3rd March 2005 | 17:36

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Airbubba

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1835 UTC: The Scaled Composites Starship N514RS did a rendezvous a little over 200 nm from SLN and now is smoking back to base at 343 knots over the ground. The GlobalFlyer is 100 nm out, descending through FL 229 and doing 129 knots over the ground...

3rd March 2005 | 17:37

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av8boy

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At this point the chase plane (514RS) has pulled ahead and is doing around 200 knots more than VIR101. I'd recon around 70 miles to run right now at around 1840z. VIR101 is in coast at the moment, but looks like he's out of FL220 on the way down...

Dave

3rd March 2005 | 18:28

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SilsoeSid

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From: Alles über die platz

Due to arrive in 9 mins

http://www.virginatlanticglobalflyer.com/Home/index.jsp

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Steve in Kansas

3rd March 2005 | 18:37

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Jordan D

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Live streaming now on BBC News Online ... he is on finals ...

Jordan

3rd March 2005 | 18:47

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Wedge

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Clearance from the tower RWY17........

3rd March 2005 | 18:48

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He is down, he has made it, what a fantastic achievement.

3rd March 2005 | 18:54

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Few Cloudy

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Nice One Steve

Well done those guys - oh and all on one engine too....

3rd March 2005 | 19:13

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BOPralph

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Brilliant effort Steve and team....

.....by the way MOL would like you to help with a re-write of the JAA FTL

3rd March 2005 | 19:16

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fireflybob

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What a fantastic achievement and the pilot is 60 years old!!

Steve and team - I salute you all - no mean feat and they should be able to dine out on this one for a long time!

3rd March 2005 | 19:25

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hobie

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Just listened to him after landing ..... what a pleasant chap he is ....

Congrats to him and all the team .......

3rd March 2005 | 19:49

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brabazon

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Amazing what one pilot and one engine can do!

3rd March 2005 | 21:26

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Global Pilot

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From: Blighty - On secondment

KSLN-KSLN 67hr 03'

That is one log book entry you won't see everyday!

3rd March 2005 | 22:01

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ShenziRubani

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Well done Steve and the Team. What an achievement, what an effort. Yes, it would be funny to have that on my logbook, KSLN-KSLN - 67hr03. I guess I'll have to try on the sim

3rd March 2005 | 22:02

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G-KEST

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A remarkable achievement by all involved. Congratulations.
Cheers,
Trapper 69

3rd March 2005 | 23:11

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visibility3miles

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Quote:

KSLN-KSLN 67hr 03'

That is one log book entry you won't see everyday!

LOL!

Great job!

4th March 2005 | 08:17

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Barry Cuda

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Brilliant, now all you have to do is work out how this is helpful to the millions of starving people throughout the world where the money would have been better spent...

(Well, somebody had to say it!)

4th March 2005 | 16:02

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I was miffed that BBC news last night didn't mention it AT ALL, I think ITN mentioned it to about 3 seconds and most of the rest of the news was pretty rubbish anyway. Chanel 5 gave it about a minute (showed the landing) in their 5 news update between the film.

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