Global Flyer is on the way

[Stevo]

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Nothing on the local news channel

[First time Juke]

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They show political news now on BBC...oh gosh...well soon they'll show more. Steve is some minutes late. Gracious looking bird in a glide.

[Stevo]

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I take that back, they just showed a live shot of the Global Flyer, gear down, on it's way in... more to come after the commercials.

[First time Juke]

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Yes yes yes...visible 2 mile final ! Visible from Salina !

[First time Juke]

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Brake chute deployed ! In the air that is.

[First time Juke]

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And touch down.....YYYEEEEES ! Runway 17 clear for the landing ! and...now !

[Stevo]

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TOUCHDOWN!!! Congratulation to Steve and the whole Global Flyer team

[First time Juke]

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Yes they did it.

Still taxiing ! Wonder if he is going to take a leak first !?

One historical flight really.

[Section3guy]

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touch down lol i was wondering why the air speed read 0 mph good job guys

[First time Juke]

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lol..heading is still 208.8. altitude 1 250 feet.

Check the real time video from Salina at lower right side. Branson was explaining suntin, but there was no voice.

[hattend]

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Thanks for keeping the thread alive you guys.

I was watching the streaming video on the internet (NBC News). Did BBC carry the audio on approach? All the airliners under the Denver Center were asking where he was. When they were told he was on 4 mile final they all started congratulating him.

The best one was "Fossett, you're a stud"

Congrats Steve Fossett, Sir Richard Branson, Burt Rutan and all the guys and gals at Scaled Composites. It's certainly been a good year in Mojave!

[First time Juke]

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BBC had full conversation between tower and Steve Fossett coming loud and clear at the final 2-4 mile approach.

It was also in the 11 o'clock news on the main channel too ( one hour 10 minutes after the touch down ).

First Steve Fossett took the ride with a hot air balloon and now with a jet. What next ? Quite a dude.

[hattend]

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First Steve Fossett took the ride with a hot air balloon and now with a jet. What next ? Quite a dude.

Hmmmm...

SpaceShip 2?

Don

[jarrodeu]

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The 1250ft altitude is probably because it isn't at sea level.
Jarrod

[Stevo]

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Bingo... check HERE for Salina Municipal Airport information. Specifically, Elevation: 1288 ft. / 392.6 m (surveyed)