Worthless
Pilot Steve Fossett has become the first person to fly solo nonstop round-the-world. His plane, the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, touched down Thursday afternoon in Salina, Kansas, more than 66 hours after he lifted off from the same spot.
how worthless of a "record" is this? frankly, any capable pilot should be able to shove gobs and gobs of fuel on any old Boeing 7(insert number here)7, stick it on autopilot, and then sit back and watch "Titanic" 23 times of so while he "circumnavigates" the globe. if he did it in a Cessna, i might be impressed. if he did it in 1950, i might be impressed. if he did it in 20 hours i might be impressed. but he did it in a highly-customized plane in 2005, and it took him 67 hours. a modern day Magellan? hah.
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