Around the world in 80 days... er, 66 hours

[unixronin]

Steve Fossett has landed the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer in Salina, Kansas, just under an hour ago, becoming the first pilot to fly solo, non-stop, non-refueled around the Earth.  The flight took a little over 66 hours.  This feat comes after his solo circumnavigation of the globe in 2002 in a balloon, and his record 58-day circumnavigation of the globe by sail last year.

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(Update: the strikethrough in the title wasn't showing up in my browser, so I amended it. I coulda sworn that used to work.....)

Comments

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

Cool!

Last I heard they weren't sure if he was going to make it due to fuel concerns.

-Ogre

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Favorable tailwinds.

[otherbill.livejournal.com]

Re. the Update: yeah, there's quite a bit of stuff that used to work just fine that eventually has stopped working. For example, I'm still miffed that you can't put <br>'s in the "Music" field any more.

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Booyah.