Our intrepid billionaire on his way?

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/02/28/fossett.branson/

Any news if he launched succesfully?

If you got rid of the jet engine...what sort of L/D
might that thing have? And what would you use to tow
it?

Lose the engines but keep the fuel tanks for ballast. Ballasted it
would have a wing loading of 55 psf, dump the ballast and you're down
to 10 psf.

He got airborne at 00.47 UTC and is now heading to Detroit (or there'bouts)
doing 306 knots over the ground at 37,900 feet.
God speed . . . and a safe flight . . .

bumper

wrote in message
ps.com...
Lose the engines but keep the fuel tanks for ballast. Ballasted it
would have a wing loading of 55 psf, dump the ballast and you're down
to 10 psf.

yawn

Stewart Kissel wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/02/28/fossett.branson/

Any news if he launched succesfully?

If you got rid of the jet engine...what sort of L/D
might that thing have? And what would you use to tow
it?

Hi,

yawn

Not yet propably. But wait for 40 hours.

Ciao, MM
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ml

Sounds like he got off okay.

http://www.globalflyer.com/MissionCo...king/index.jsp

Hard to get on this URL...for current tracking.

Hey Lennie...that last post of yours was about the
most intelligent utterance from you in a long time.
If this bores you, why not go back to watching your
'Wheel of Fortune' reruns, or the Micheal Jackson trial.






At 04:00 01 March 2005, Bumper wrote:
He got airborne at 00.47 UTC and is now heading to
Detroit (or there'bouts)
doing 306 knots over the ground at 37,900 feet.
God speed . . . and a safe flight . . .

bumper

wrote in message
ups.com...
Lose the engines but keep the fuel tanks for ballast.
Ballasted it
would have a wing loading of 55 psf, dump the ballast
and you're down
to 10 psf.

Not Lennie. A resident of NV that has actually met and spent time around
Fossett. He's an ass.


Stewart Kissel wrote:
http://www.globalflyer.com/MissionCo...king/index.jsp

Hard to get on this URL...for current tracking.

Hey Lennie...that last post of yours was about the
most intelligent utterance from you in a long time.
If this bores you, why not go back to watching your
'Wheel of Fortune' reruns, or the Micheal Jackson trial.

You might not like him, but it's people like him that do "interesting"
things that can stir up excitement in aviation.

"Crusty O'l Fart" wrote in message
om...
Not Lennie. A resident of NV that has actually met and spent time around
Fossett. He's an ass.


I'm also a resident of NV who has actually met and spent time around
Fossett, though admittedly not a lot of time, and we've talked on the phone
a few times too. I found him as pleasant and unpretentious as most anyone
else I've met on the ramp. With few exceptions, I've found everyone I've met
in this sport to be intelligent and pleasant.

I think a lot of the negative comments and innuendo about Fossett are driven
by jealousy. As far as I'm concerned, anyone who is helping promote aviation
is okay by me. Calling someone an "ass" on ras is hardly polite.

bumper
Minden NV "ZZ"