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		Fossett to Attempt Takeoff Today on Distance Flight Record Bid
		8 (Bloomberg) -- Steve Fossett today plans to start his bid to beat the world flight distance record, a day after a fuel leak and unfavorable winds forced him to postpone takeoff.
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	FAI News (Air Sports): World Records
		The previous distance record for Class AA-3 gas balloons was set on July 1st, 1922, when Georges Cormier (France) flew 804,17 km (499.69 miles).
		According to the FAI World Record files, the second oldest unbroken world record performance is still held by the famous airship LZ 127 “Graf Zeppelin”.
		During her career, she performed a total of 10’000 flight hours on about 15 different types of aircraft and became an inspiration to women pilots.
	www.fai.org:81 /news_archives/fai/cat_world_records.asp (273 words)

	Shree Raj Travels & Tours Ltd - Raj Home
		Other than the distance record, the flight is believed to have also broken the record for the fastest speed between Toulouse and Melbourne of 865 km/hr.
		Media reports suggested the AI Mumbai -Guwahati -Bangkok flight was stopped mainly because of the outbreak of Sars, which had resulted in a drop in passenger loads.
		Besides, the airline plans to put forward requests for additional flights at the next round of bilateral air services talks which are likely to take place during the first half of this year, officials said.
	www.raj-travels.com /23_news/newsarchieve.asp (273 words)

	Human-powered flight- Daedalus seeks record
		The current record for human-powered flight distance is held by the Gossamer Albatross craft, which flew 22.5 miles across the English Channel.
		The project's developers seek to construct a craft capable of setting new world records for human-powered flight distance and duration.
		The Monarch B, a human-powered aircraft built at MIT, set the world speed record for human-powered flight -- approximately 22 mph -- at the Kremer World Speed Competition in 1984.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V105/N58/daedal.58n.html (273 words)

	Fly-Low Publications Aviation News
		After setting the transcontinental speed record in Woodstock, the LW5 Autogiro designed by Ron Herron of Little Rock, AR., and later, the world distance, altitude and time-to-climb records in the same ship, it was now time for an assault on a closed-course world speed record held by my friend and mentor Ken Wallis.
		Speed comes not just from power but also from flying the shortest distance between two points and staying right down the middle of the course line.
		A speed flight is a demanding cliffhanger from start to finish.
	www.fly-low.com /feat0505/andy.html (273 words)

	STEVE FOSSETT, CHEYENNE CATAMARAN AND THE JULES VERNE TROPHY AROUND THE WORLD IN 58 DAYS 9 HOURS: SIR FRANCIS CHICHESTER: ELLEN MACARTHUR: CLAIRE FRANCIS: SIR ALEC ROSE: JOSHUA SLOCUM AND THE FIRST SOLO WORLD NAVIGATION, RECORDED AS SAILING ALONE A
		After 11 years of spectacular record success (see below) he has decided to focus on key 2004-2005 projects in aviation (altitude, speed and distance gliding plus the round the world solo airplane) as well as other new (as yet undisclosed) sporting projects on land and in the air.
		He holds 21 world sailing records and made the first round-the-world manned balloon flight in 2002.
		In 2004 he, as skipper, set the world record for fastest circumnavigation of the world in his sailboat Cheyenne with a crew of 13.
	www.solarnavigator.net /steve_fossett.htm (273 words)

	Boeing: Boeing 777-200LR Sets New World Record for Distance
		For an airplane its size and class, the 777-200LR replaces the distance record set by a 747-400 in 1989 that flew 9,200 nautical miles (17,039 km) nonstop from London to Sydney.
		"The performance of the 777-200LR during the record flight was exceptional," said Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann, the project pilot leader for the 777-200LR record flight.
		Boeing 777-200LR Sets New World Record for Distance
	www.boeing.com /news/releases/2005/q4/nr_051110g.html (520 words)

	A Welsh View: Travel
		The flight steals the distance record from the Qantas Los Angeles-Australia service.
		Singapore Airlines will make history today by setting a record for the world's longest scheduled flight, carrying passengers on a 16-hour, non-stop journey from Singapore to Los Angeles.
		The airline is using an ultra-long range Airbus A345 for the route, carrying 117 passengers.
	xo.typepad.com /blog/travel/index.html (4934 words)

	Flight data recorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The flight data recorder (FDR) is a flight recorder used to record specific aircraft performance parameters.
		This is roughly equivalent to an impact velocity of 270 knots and a deceleration or crushing distance of 450 mm.
		The first prototype FDR was produced in 1957 by Dr. David Warren of the then Aeronautical Research Laboratories of Australia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flight_data_recorder (810 words)

	Seismic Event - The Final Moments of Flight 93
		Evidence from the seismic record indicates there was at least one supersonic warplane within striking distance of Flight 93 on the fateful morning of September 11, 2001.
		It would also have required a sixth sense, since the FAA didn't even warn NORAD that Flight 93 was considered a possible threat until 9:16.
		Its new, unscheduled flight path puts it into a dead-on course for Washington, D.C. It will likely overfly at least one nuclear reactor and the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis before reaching the beltway.
	members.fortunecity.com /seismicevent/article.html (1466 words)

	GameSpy: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight Review
		Most of Flight Simulator 2004's other historical events were long-distance records in hard-to-fly aircraft.
		For instance, the record-breaking 1920 flight from London to South Africa in a Vickers Vimy begins on the tarmac of modern-day Heathrow.
		Many of the flights originate from airports that are long gone, so the starting points are relocated to modern airports.
	pc.gamespy.com /pc/microsoft-flight-simulator-2004-a-century-of-flight/6030p1.html (721 words)

	NON PRIMRTIME SPORTS - RESEARCH IN SPORTS - The American Spectator - Conway's Sports Research
		On Jan. 22, 1987, a new distance record for human powered flight was set by Glenn Tremml, a 26-year-old medical student, who pedaled the Eagle (40kg/92 lb) for 60 km (37.3 mi) at California's Edwards Air Force Base.
		The FAI lists speed records for feats as obscure as a flight between Capetown, South Africa, and Auckland, New Zealand, via the South Pole at a speed of 860.09 km/h (534.43 mph) in a Pan American Airways 747 SP.
		Flight -------------------------------- Flight is the ability to move with direction through the air, an ability shared by many animals.
	www.conway-sports.net /a/cona8a3.htm (721 words)

	instructors
		I have around 450 hours XC and my diamond distance flight in 1986 (547km/ 336 miles) is still the Massachusetts (and Region 1) OandR record and (I believe) the longest pre-declared flight ever done in the Region.
		I am certified as a Soaring Society of America Instructor and a Master CFI from the National Association of Flight Instructors.
		I got an FAA instructor rating in 1999 and did a couple of seasons in the back seat of MITSA's white L23s before returning home to Cambridge in 2001, where I completed my Gold badge and my BGA instructor rating in 2002.
	home.comcast.net /~verhulst/GBSC/student/instructors.htm (721 words)

	Qantas Airlines - Compare and Book Cheap International Flights
		Qantas airlines is widely regarded as the world’s leading long-distance carrier and is renowned for its unparallel safety record.
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		From the latest blockbusters to news and current affairs, Qantas’ inflight entertainment has something for everyone.
	www.webjet.com.au /airlines/qantas.htm (309 words)

	IOL: Singapore Airlines begins longest flight
		The new flight beats the current longest flight both in terms of flying time and distance covered, an airline spokeswoman said.
		Singapore Airlines said the new service cut down the flight time by four hours as the plane did not need a refuelling stop.
		The previous record was also held by Singapore Airlines for its Los Angeles service, which covers the 9,173 miles in 16 hours, she said.
	www.buzztracker.org /2004/06/28/cache/251824.html (169 words)

	Airbus Press Centre - Press release
		This new daily service operates non-stop in both directions on a sector that is over 1000km / 540 nm longer than the previous record distance for a non-stop round trip commercial service between Hong Kong and Newark.
		Singapore Airlines is planning to inaugurate an even longer route between Singapore and New York in mid 2004.
		Singapore Airlines will be the first airline to put the A380 into service in spring 2006.
	www.airbus.com /en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/04_Feb_04_Singapore_Airlines_Record.html (515 words)

	Airsider - commercial aviation news and reports
		The airline beat its previous record distance for a non-stop round trip commercial service, when it introduced the A340-500 on the service between Singapore and Los Angeles on 3rd February 2004.
		Flight SQ22 departed at 12.25 Singapore local time on 28th June and completed the 16,600 km (9,000 nm) sector to New York's Newark Airport in 18 hours 18 minutes.
		Singapore Airlines is the second airline to operate the A340-500 after Emirates Airlines, who opened new routes from Dubai to Australia using the new ultra long-haul Airbus.
	www.airsider.net /files/2004/0604/010/sia345.htm (446 words)

	SIA sets new world record with direct flight to New York
		Flight SQ22 touched down at Newark Airport at 6:41 pm having taken a little more than 18 hours to cover the distance of nearly 9000 nautical miles (about 16,600 kilometres) over the North Pacific.
		The inaugural flight was full with a fair number of paying passengers joining the SIA executives and invited Asian journalists on board, at a cost of S$9160 (US$5388) for Raffles Class and $2050 for Executive Economy.
		All seats are equipped with amenities such as laptop power supply outlets and an in-flight entertainment system offering over 400 entertainment options including 60 movie choices for the long journey.
	www.singapore-window.org /sw04/040628af.htm (444 words)

	NTSB Report Brief
		Fossett Alters Last Leg Of Trip To Break Flight Distance Record (FT)
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	Boeing 777 Program Milestones
		The flight of nine hours and two minutes is the third speed record set by the 777.
		This airplane was used in a series of 1,000 flight cycles - the equivalent of a year's worth of daily service - to demonstrate readiness for long-distance routes.
		Boeing and United Airlines begin an unprecedented series of 90 flights on the fourth 777 to demonstrate day-to-day flight and maintenance operations and procedures.
	www.boeing.com /commercial/777family/pf/pf_milestones.html (1631 words)

	Oregon Aero - "Customers" (page 1).
		In August 1960 he executed the "Highest Parachute Jump" of 102,800 feet and in November 1983 achieved the World's Record Distance of 2,001 miles in a helium balloon.
		I made the entire trip without any back discomfort (including using the cushion on a commercial flight home to Kansas City).
		The seats are great on long flights." — B.O. Jaffrey, NH
	www.oregonaero.com /Customrs.htm (1631 words)

	NewsBreak :: Steve-Fossett
		Pilot Steve Fossett passed the halfway mark in his effort to break a long-distance flight record early Friday and began the long trip across the Pacific Ocean.
		Aviation adventurer Steve Fossett crosses the Atlantic in an experimental aircraft as part of his attempt to break a flight distance record.
		Adventurer Steve Fossett breaks the record for the longest non-stop flight in aviation history.
	newsbreak.com.au /topic/Steve-Fossett (480 words)

	FAI Ballooning Commission - Event Planning and Advisory Service
		At the same time the distance record was close to the practical limits of the provisions of the existing distance flight rules.
		The Distance Record had to be measured according to the distance record rules but for the RTW record, Shortest Time Around the World we did not need to specify any minimum leg length.
		Note that in all cases the percentage of Equator distance covered is almost the same as the percentage of the Meridians crossed.
	www.fai.org:81 /ballooning/rtw-exp.asp (480 words)

	NMrecords-Changes
		The free goal distance and 3 turnpoint distance are also US National Motorglider records.
		Added numerous record claims: Sports Class and 15M Feminine categories for a flight by Jo Shaw flown on August 5, 2001 from
		Awarded record: Single-place motorglider - Out and Return Distance of 335.65 smi flown by Gerald Kaufman on August 4, 2001 from
	www.swcp.com /~arthale/NMrecords-Changes.html (480 words)

	Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer : Steve Fossett
		In total Steve has set 23 sailing records (13 still standing) as well as eight distance records - including his 2001 transatlantic record of four days and 17 hours in which he smashed the previous record by phenomenal 43 hours and 35 seconds.
		In 2002 Steve became the first person to achieve a solo balloon flight round the world after working towards the record for seven years.
		Now Steve is preparing to get back into the GlobalFlyer with hopes of setting the longest distance flight in aviation history.
	www.virginatlanticglobalflyer.com /Team/SteveFossett/index.jsp (715 words)

	NEWS - Gradient Wings
		On Tuesday 23rd August, Tim Guildford and Louise Maurice broke the UK tandem Open distance record with a five and a half hour 172.3km flight from Frocester to Cambridge on a Gradient Bi-Golden.
		During the second task of the Mid Wales BPCup on Sunday August 7, many pilots declared a goal near Cirencester hoping to break the (Local) Straight Distance to a Declared Goal Record.
		The flight has now been ratified as a new British Record at 108.9km.
	www.gradient-wings.com (345 words)

	Women at The Woodlawn Cemetery -
		Ruth Nichols was the holder of a host of aviation firsts and records: besting Charles Lindberg's transcontinental speed record (1930); establishing a new women's flight altitude record (1935); creating a new women's flight speed record (1930); establishing a new women's flight distance record; and becoming the first woman pilot for a commercial airline.
		Over 10,000 people paid tribute to her at the funeral chapel and when she was laid to rest a plane flew over The Woodlawn Cemetery dropping rose petals on her grave.
		Her early work includes the "Aztec Fountain" (1912) for the Pan American Union Building and the Titanic Memorial (1914), both in Washington, D.C., and a number of memorial pieces inspired by her hospital work near the battlefields during World War I, including the "Washington Heights War Memorial"(1921) in New York City.
	www.thewoodlawncemetery.com /women.html (4047 words)

	WORLD OF AIRCRAFT
		Altitude, distance, and duration record - Aug 8, 1908 - Wilbur Wright surpassed existing French flight records for all three events at Camp d'Auvours, France.
		Global non-stop jet flight - Jan 17-18 - USAF MGenl Archie J Olds Jr led a flight of three Boeing B-52s around the world in 45h:19m; distance 24,325 miles, average speed 525 mph.
		Passenger flight - May 14, 1908 - Wilbur Wright took along Charles Furnas, an employee, in a check flight for delivery of a government airplane.
	www.worldofaircraft.net /aviationhistory.htm (4047 words)

	Cappadocia Ez Air Balloons - Turkey
		A new distance record is set at 5,768 miles.
		A new duration record is set with a flight time of 137 hours.
		They fly from Japan to Arctic Canada and break the world distance record.
	www.ezairballoons.com /history.html (4047 words)

	Special Report: Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2002
		The son of Ben Abruzzo, who flew aboard the first balloons to cross the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Richard has inherited his father's zest for long-distance flight.
		By switching to hydrogen, pilots can accrue more time aloft, offer more training flights, and get out once in a while to fly just for fun.
		In 1992, Richard crossed the Atlantic in a balloon, landing in Morocco and setting a record for hours aloft.
	www.avweb.com /news/special_events/183292-1.html (4047 words)

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