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Monday, December 13, 2004 |
Global adventurer Steve Fossett has done something that seems almost unimaginable for airplane pilots used to relying on continuous engine power - not to mention staying out of turbulence. Along with Terry Delore, Fossett flew a two-seat Schleicher ASH-25M sailplane on a 1,358-mile flight. Last weekend's flight took the pilots over the Andes, soaring between the Argentine cities of El Calafate and San Juan, covering about two-thirds of the length of the country. The 15-hour-and-42-minute flight is an unofficial straight-line soaring record. These glider pilots rely on mountain waves and the ridge lift created by wind as opposed to heat-generated thermals.
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© Copyright 2005 Scott Young.
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