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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 |
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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 |
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He just did the world's largest outside loop
dpilot Matt Whiting wrote: Jan Nademlejnsky wrote: Matt |
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On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 00:56:41 GMT, "Jan Nademlejnsky"
wrote: 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. I gave up watching it on the Virgin Global Flyer website and went to MSNBC where they had live coverage of the landing. The airfield had been shut down while Steve was approaching, but he was delayed while he dealt with a landing gear problem: his nose gear would not show a green light. He flew around outside the airport for about 45 extra minutes while he tried to get three greens. The chase plane was informing him of various leaks from the nose gear compartment and eventually recommended he stop playing with the gear. About that time he reported that he now had three greens and was ready to bring it in. He was immediately cleared to land and flew an extended base leg for the final approach. When he turned final, one of the pilots who was holding for when the airport would be re-opened asked about him and was told: "Global flyer 101 is on final". Whereupon the holding pilot congratulated Fossett on the approach frequency. That opened a minor floodgate of congratulatory, but brief calls, maybe six or eight in total. When he touched down, I was struck by how negative an attack the airplane assumed when riding on all three landing gear. I can only guess at the reasons, but seeing ahead out of the tiny bubble might be one, the other might be to make SURE the airplane stays on the ground once it touches down. Corky Scott |
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Corky Scott wrote:
He was immediately cleared to land and flew an extended base leg for the final approach. When he turned final, one of the pilots who was holding for when the airport would be re-opened asked about him and was told: "Global flyer 101 is on final". Whereupon the holding pilot congratulated Fossett on the approach frequency. That opened a minor floodgate of congratulatory, but brief calls, maybe six or eight in total. Did you hear the one anonymous call that said, "Fossett, you're a stud."? |
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"Corky Scott" wrote in message ... On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 00:56:41 GMT, "Jan Nademlejnsky" wrote: snip When he touched down, I was struck by how negative an attack the airplane assumed when riding on all three landing gear. I can only guess at the reasons, but seeing ahead out of the tiny bubble might be one, the other might be to make SURE the airplane stays on the ground once it touches down. Corky Scott I imagine that the light weight at landing did not compress the main gear struts nearly as much as the heavy weight at takeoff, thus the nose down attitude... |
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I imagine that the light weight at landing did not compress the main
gear struts nearly as much as the heavy weight at takeoff, thus the nose down attitude... Anybody heard how much fuel he had left when he landed? The world wants to know. David Johnson |
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Thanks Corky for very good update. I did not know that.
Thanks Jan "Corky Scott" wrote in message ... On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 00:56:41 GMT, "Jan Nademlejnsky" wrote: 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. I gave up watching it on the Virgin Global Flyer website and went to MSNBC where they had live coverage of the landing. The airfield had been shut down while Steve was approaching, but he was delayed while he dealt with a landing gear problem: his nose gear would not show a green light. He flew around outside the airport for about 45 extra minutes while he tried to get three greens. The chase plane was informing him of various leaks from the nose gear compartment and eventually recommended he stop playing with the gear. About that time he reported that he now had three greens and was ready to bring it in. He was immediately cleared to land and flew an extended base leg for the final approach. When he turned final, one of the pilots who was holding for when the airport would be re-opened asked about him and was told: "Global flyer 101 is on final". Whereupon the holding pilot congratulated Fossett on the approach frequency. That opened a minor floodgate of congratulatory, but brief calls, maybe six or eight in total. When he touched down, I was struck by how negative an attack the airplane assumed when riding on all three landing gear. I can only guess at the reasons, but seeing ahead out of the tiny bubble might be one, the other might be to make SURE the airplane stays on the ground once it touches down. Corky Scott |
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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? ;- |
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("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 |
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