Global Flyer Success

It is unbelievable achievement from those guys. Rutan is absolutely the best
engineer and unconventional dreamer. That's real engineering what he is
doing!

Congratulation to Steve for his remarkable success. I could not imagine to
be without sleep for so many hours with the jet engine screaming above your
head. I hope that Steve Fossett will stop now, because statistically he is
overdue to be killed in his risky adventures.

I was very disappointed with the Global Flyer website. The first day the GPS
coordinates were wrong, and it was almost impossible to access their site.
They posted very little information. I could get more info from CNN than
from their site. It took almost a day to mention anything about their fuel
problem.

The site was totally overloaded during the last few hours. Now 6 hours after
the touch down, there is still no update how it was during the final hours.
No pictures, clips, written text. I do not have access to CNN TV and the
local news show nothing.

Regardless, I hope the Rutan will live forever or that he is grooming
somebody as good as he is to continue in his unconventional designs.


Jan Nademlejnsky
http://members.shaw.ca/jannadem/home.htm

Jan Nademlejnsky wrote:

It is unbelievable achievement from those guys. Rutan is absolutely the best
engineer and unconventional dreamer. That's real engineering what he is
doing!

Congratulation to Steve for his remarkable success. I could not imagine to
be without sleep for so many hours with the jet engine screaming above your
head. I hope that Steve Fossett will stop now, because statistically he is
overdue to be killed in his risky adventures.

Not another statistics thread. :-)

Actually, he is no more likely now than before and I'd venture even less
likely. He's shown the skill to handle dangerous missions so that
probably lessens his odds of hitting troubel.

Yes, it was a magnificient achievement for all involved.


Matt

He just did the world's largest outside loop

dpilot



Matt Whiting wrote:
Jan Nademlejnsky wrote:



Matt

In article ,
Matt Whiting wrote:


Yes, it was a magnificient achievement for all involved.


Is it safe to say that there are no more distance records to be broken?

;-

("Dan Nafe" wrote)
Is it safe to say that there are no more distance records to be broken?


Manned Earth orbit - private company

(Solar powered) around the globe.


Montblack

Montblack wrote:

("Dan Nafe" wrote)

Is it safe to say that there are no more distance records to be broken?



Manned Earth orbit - private company

(Solar powered) around the globe.


Montblack

Human powered trans Atlantic...

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired wrote:


Human powered trans Atlantic...

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
Nah! The fuel weighs too much!
I'd take about 6 days with at least
40 big mac's a day that's a lot of
fuel to carry around.

John

"Dan Nafe" wrote ...
Is it safe to say that there are no more distance records to be broken?

Both the Voyager and the Global Flyer claim to have "flown around the world"
on the basis of a rather broad and arbitrary definition of that goal. That
definiton includes a minimum distance of 19,863.7 NM. A very long distance
indeed and the Global Flyer went 19,880 NM.

But wait a minute, the circumference of the earth is 21,639 NM. A much
longer mission and neither the Voyager nor the Global Flyer had that sort of
range. So, yes, there is still a distance record out there. That of truely
"flying around the world" unrefueled. A true circumnavigation requires that
you pass through at least two points on the earth that are opposite each
other on the globe.

Rich

On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:30:33 -0800, "Richard Isakson"
wrote:

But wait a minute, the circumference of the earth is 21,639 NM. A much
longer mission and neither the Voyager nor the Global Flyer had that sort of
range. So, yes, there is still a distance record out there. That of truely
"flying around the world" unrefueled. A true circumnavigation requires that
you pass through at least two points on the earth that are opposite each
other on the globe.

Rich

And let's not forget, the non stop circumnavigation by glider has yet
to be accomplished. Around the world without refueling by Moller air
car? Flying boat around the world without refueling? Heck, we're
just getting started here.

Corky Scott

"Corky Scott" wrote in message ...
And let's not forget, the non stop circumnavigation by glider has yet
to be accomplished.

I've often wondered if there's enough lift on one side of a jet stream to
hold up a glider.

Around the world without refueling by Moller air car?

Wrong record. That's around the block by Moller air car.

Rich