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Fossett: wind may help the entrepreneur to succeed in establishing his record

Salina, Usa - The initiative risks to fail because of the lack of fuel

Steve Fossett may be helped by wind in favour of his route in order to succeed in his initiative, lead to a tour around the world by means of a plane alone and without any stopover. Yesterday there were many worries about the failure of the performance lead to the fact that fuel may not be enough (see AVIONEWS). This is a problem that technics at Scaled Composites, the firm which created the jet GlobalFlyer...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 115513
Rome, Italy, 03/03/2005 12:29
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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