Sunday, February 12, 2006

Fossett Sets Flight Distance Record

If you thought Linbergh was a hero read this account. The man walks in a field of giants. What a hair raising ride. America Should be proud of the man and the achievement.. Incredible.

Fossett Sets Flight Distance Record: "Fossett Sets Flight Distance Record
Nonstop Globe-Circling Voyage Ends With Emergency Landing

By Guy Gugliotta
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, February 12, 2006; Page A18

As if dodging three days of near-catastrophe were not enough, millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett had a total power failure in the waning moments of his globe-circling voyage yesterday but made an emergency landing and coasted to a stop on two burst tires to complete the longest nonstop flight in history."

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