Fossett, Fossett, Fossett, .... is he really that great?

Linberg didn't design his airplane but he got all the credit.

Same could be said for Howard Hughs's around the world flight
and he had the latest technological bells and whistles available
in his airplane.

I think its De-facto standard to give credit to the individual
at the controls for all the accolades. That notwithstanding, I
think that flying an airplane solo for 60-some hours is pretty
impressive.... it does take "the right stuff".

That being said, I'd pay money to have the chance to do it!

)

Linberg didn't design his airplane but he got all the credit.

That guy Neil Armstrong seems to have got a bit of undeserved credit too, by
this line of thinking.

Come on guys - sure - many pilots could have done it - but he DID do it. I
take my "hat" off to him.

On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 19:19:49 GMT, kontiki
wrote:

Same could be said for Howard Hughs's around the world flight

I thought Hughes's flight was called off on account of World War II? I
gave away my copy of George Marrett's book or I'd look it up.

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Cub Driver wrote:

I thought Hughes's flight was called off on account of World War II?

Nope. I've got a photo somewhere of LaGuardia greeting Hughes when he completed
the flight.

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"kontiki" wrote in message
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Linberg didn't design his airplane but he got all the credit.


As I recall Lindbergh did have a pretty fair amount of input into the
configuration of the airplane.

As I recall Lindbergh did have a pretty fair amount of input into the
configuration of the airplane.

He helped with the extensive modifications, both conceptual and sweatwise.
--
Jim in NC