"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Keep your fingers crossed:

http://www.fossettchallenge.com/
Fossett takes to the skies on the first solo, non-stop round the
world airplane flight

Humbug. Although he may set a distance record, Fossett is most assuredly
NOT flying "around the world."

The world is a sphere, not a dome.

True. But there ARE rules that define "around the world" for such things:

To qualify for recognition by the FAI, the route must "cross all meridians,
and be at least 36,787.559 kilometres (around 23,000 miles) which is equal
in length to the Tropic of Cancer."

http://www.virginatlanticglobalflyer...empt/index.jsp