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January 14th 05, 04:24 AM
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Our intrepid billionaire ready for another go...from Inyokern this spring
http://www.firnspiegel.com/perlan/
IIRC, he is going to try his solo, non-stop, no-refuel flight around the world this month, departing from Kansas? 
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January 14th 05, 03:44 PM
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The global Flyer is in Salina Kansas:
http://www.sal.ksu.edu/globalflyer/index.html -Tom Stewart Kissel wrote: http://www.firnspiegel.com/perlan/ IIRC, he is going to try his solo, non-stop, no-refuel flight around the world this month, departing from Kansas?
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January 14th 05, 03:54 PM
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The global Flyer is in Salina Kansas:
http://www.sal.ksu.edu/globalflyer/index.html -Tom Stewart Kissel wrote: http://www.firnspiegel.com/perlan/ IIRC, he is going to try his solo, non-stop, no-refuel flight around the world this month, departing from Kansas?
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January 14th 05, 04:32 PM
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http://www.virginatlanticglobalflyer.com/
12,300' runway...and it sounds like they will need every inch of it. I would like to meet their local congressman....how the heck did they get a runway that big out there? 
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January 14th 05, 04:44 PM
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O'K...don't want to sound realy stupid but....I thought that the
Voyager captured the around globe flight with Dick Rutan and Jeanna Yeager....what is Global Flyer going to accomplish here, can anybody explain?
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#6
January 14th 05, 04:49 PM
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It use to be a SAC base. See:
http://www.salair.org/index.php?page=history.htm 12K runways are the common length for SAC bases. Wayne "Stewart Kissel" wrote in message ... http://www.virginatlanticglobalflyer.com/ 12,300' runway...and it sounds like they will need every inch of it. I would like to meet their local congressman....how the heck did they get a runway that big out there?
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January 14th 05, 05:17 PM
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wrote in message oups.com... O'K...don't want to sound realy stupid but....I thought that the Voyager captured the around globe flight with Dick Rutan and Jeanna Yeager....what is Global Flyer going to accomplish here, can anybody explain? solo flight
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