Our intrepid billionaire readies for solo roung-the-world

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/30/sc...l?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.

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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