Frst Solo, Non-stop Round the World Airplane Flight

There's nothing like the feeling of success and accomplishment:

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Mission Status: 19:48:56UTC - 13:48:56 local time - Steve has
just touched down at Salina after successfully completing the
fastest, non-stop, non-refuelled flight around the world.

This warm and bright day in Salina, Kansas will go down in history
as the day that Steve Fossett set a great aviation world record
for speed around the world solo, non-stop and non-refueled.

After 67 hours and 1 minute of grueling sleep deprivation and 12
unappealing diet milkshakes, Steve finally touched down in front
of an excited crowd of public and press at Salina Municipal
Airport at 19:48:56UTC, despite having some very worrying problems
earlier in the flight.

At the start of ...