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Fossett took-off

Cape Canaveral, Usa - The American billionaire managed to take off

Steve Fossett managed to take off from Cape Canaveral base (Florida) yesterday, after the first nullification of two days ago due to bad weather condition and to a loss of fuel aboard his aircraft sponsored by Virgin (see for details AVIONEWS). Fossett took-off at 7:20am (1:20pm in Italy) and he will try to fly for 80 hours long, covering at same time 700 miles (1,126 kilometers) to set a new world...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 135661
Rome, Italy, 02/09/2006 10:18
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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