unclebuck

Whoa - what a hero!!! Let's hear it for this major ground breaking achievement.

Wow, a non-stop solo flight right around the world what an amazing achievement. He has more ***** than anyone on this board.

Oh – hold on… he’s not a Brit or female!! Oh well, that doesn’t count then….. Who cares....

UB

FlightMan

As someone who was climbing the walls after 21 hours in business class, with a bed, and food, air con, tv/radio etc, i have to say how he spent 67 hours in a 7 foot box, with a couple of portholes actually flying is beyond me.

Well done, fantastic achievement.

Iwan

Fair play to him, good effort.

Though how he managed to stay awake for 3 days AND fly his plane is beyond me. I'd fall asleep driving for more then 3 hours on the trot!

IWatkins

Drugs and lots of them. (So I've been told)

Jap2Scrap

As with Ellen Macwotsit, I'd have to say "why?" but once again I can acknowledge it as an awesome achievement.

dpb

id have ta say ,if i didnt know you better ..that u was extractin the urine ..............................oh well you can do any thing with that sort a money...

hades

I think he just used autopilot, and a proximity warning. Everyone knows airlne pilots only do take off and landing, and even then not the whole time. This allowed him to sleep half the time, and amuse himself with dodgy **** channels he could get clearly by being so close to the satellites.

Undoubtedly a a great achievement, but it really is just down to staying awake and having the right equipment. I don't mean to belittle him, more to suggest that the support team and everyone involved in the project is equally worthy.

blueone

Anyone know what the first thing he said was when he landed?



















Wheres the Loo! LOL

Brit_in_Japan

TBH I think the acholades should go to the engineers who designed a jet powered aircraft to go around the world non-stop without refuelling. Steve Fossett was just a passenger, I don't think it took any special skill.

^Qwerty^

Agree with the above. I would also add that I would question the legality of the flight.

Scoobychick

iTrader: (1)

So, how did he go to the loo during the flight?

Neil Smalley

Temporary colostomy bags I suspect..

yoza

http://www.fossettchallenge.com/


What watch was he wearing ?

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/02/28/g...er.fossett.ap/

He borrowed it off Richard.........

http://www.aatime.com/productdetail.asp?productid=6330

http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar...2,1264,00.html

Nice, lets wait for the limited edition.

Leslie

The entire operation deserves praise, including Steve Fossett of course since it is not that easy to fly an aircraft for that length of time and to keep it on course and safe from bad weather conditions which could wreck the aircraft etc.

The reason for doing it is all part of human endeavour which has been going on since we came into existence and without which the world would be nothing!

It certainly does not deserve snide and carping criticism especially from those who have not got the bottle or ability to do something similar.

Les

Brendan Hughes

He's ugly. And almost no-one else has done it, so it's not really a world record. And he's probably a lesbian anyway.

Brit_in_Japan

I'm not saying it was easy, but you could find a thousand pilots tomorrow that, given time to learn the aircraft, could do the same thing. Don't you think you could do it Leslie given half a chance? However you couldn't put a pilot into any other jet powered aircraft in existance and fly around the world without stopping. That was my point really.

mad_dr

Probably had a little cubicle to use. Perhaps he had a crafty *** while he was in there

Either that, or a catheter or one of these http://www.innovations.co.uk/gus/pro...XDTN5NC8V64VB0

ProperCharlie

<sound of one hand clapping>

Leslie

Yes B in J of course I could have done it, but I also know very well the graft that would go into a trip like that and also the undoubted risks involved. Thats why I "take my hat off" to him.

Its not just a "breeze" to do a trip like that, just as much as sailing single handed around the World.

Les

Trashman