Fossett Near the End of Round-the-World Flight

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Filed at 2:43 p.m. ET

SALINA, Kan. (AP) -- Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett flew over the Kansas-Colorado border Thursday morning, roughly close enough to Salina to glide to a landing without power and safely complete his nonstop, solo, around-the-world flight.

``I'm really starting to perk up, now realizing that I'm getting close to the end,'' Fossett said earlier in the day after crossing into U.S. airspace over Los Angeles.

Fossett is expected back in the central Kansas town around 1:20 p.m., a feat that would make him the first person to circumnavigate the globe alone without stopping or refueling.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Fossett-Flight.html?hp

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1. Breaking/Live.....Steve Fosset, Global Flyer, Lands Safely

Link to follow.

[Norton]

2. ROCKIN' GOOD NEWS!!!

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[Roland99]

3. Sweet!!

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5. Link:

4 minutes ago U.S. National - AP


By JOHN MILBURN, Associated Press Writer

SALINA, Kan. - Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett on Thursday became the first person to fly around the world solo without stopping or refueling, safely touching down 67 hours after launching the flight.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=2&u=/ap/20050303/ap_on_re_us/fossett_flight

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6. All right !!! Woohoo !!

Welcome back and congratulations, Mr. Fossett!

:toast::toast::toast:

[Ready4Change]

7. Just about all the big aviation feats are now accomplished.

As far as non-human powered flight about the only other big feat would be a non-stop, no-refueled, solo polar flight around the world. But that's possibly in the reach of this aircraft, so I suspect that will fall with little fanfare.

[daleo]

9. Swimming across the English Channel while towing a glider?

There is still ample room for the human imagination.

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8. Fossett completes historic solo non-refueled flight around the world

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/usaviationvirgin





SALINA, United States (AFP) - Low on fuel and exhausted, American adventurer Steve Fossett claimed what many consider the last great aviation milestone: the first solo, non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world.

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10. Waste of valuable fuel. n/t