Our intrepid billionaire readies for solo roung-the-world

[Stewart Kissel]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/30/science/30flye.html?oref=login&8
hpib

NYT may require registration to open..nice picture
of the craft with article. Steve F. got his Silver
Badge this summer.

[Marian Aldenhövel]

Hi,

"...as Mr. Rutan put it, "No one's willing to sleep with the autopilot yet."

And if he did, wouldn't Mrs Fosset mind?

Ciao, MM
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http://www.marian-aldenhoevel.de
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there's a lot to work with, it's unresponsive, you're never quite sure when
you're there, and it's big-time ugly."