"Icebound" wrote in message
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Apparently just left today.
http://www.940news.com/nouvelles.php?cat=9&id=n070239A

Fossett's previous record attempts have been meaningful, but this one
puzzles me. I really don't understand risking a one of a kind very low
performance aircraft to recreate a long over-water flight. Its been done
before, and there is nothing to gain and a bunch to lose...