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Something about fuel and gauges... In any case they are looking at a
landing in Hawaii if things don't sort out.

Dallas
 
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It looks like they never tested the fuel tanks when full and have no
idea what has caused the fuel discrepancy. Incredible. Sir Richard is not
going to be a happy camper.

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"Dallas" <Cybnorm@spam_me_not.Hotmail.Com> wrote in message
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> Something about fuel and gauges... In any case they are looking at a
> landing in Hawaii if things don't sort out.
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> Dallas
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The amount of money fosset has lost on failed round the world attempts leads
me to believe that Richard Branson, as much as I respect and admire him, is
making wrong choices when it comes to choosing a pilot to fly anything
around the world.

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> It looks like they never tested the fuel tanks when full and have no
> idea what has caused the fuel discrepancy. Incredible. Sir Richard is not
> going to be a happy camper.
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>> Something about fuel and gauges... In any case they are looking at a
>> landing in Hawaii if things don't sort out.
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>> Dallas
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Goran <goranm@youwish.com> wrote:

> The amount of money fosset has lost on failed round the world attempts leads
> me to believe that Richard Branson, as much as I respect and admire him, is
> making wrong choices when it comes to choosing a pilot to fly anything
> around the world.

Or what about the other possibility: It's much more difficult than people
realize to complete one of these RtW records.

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I have no doubt of it's difficulty. But when you spend millions on a
project and let something so important as fuel to slip by the planning
stage, surely there's something that needs to be re evaluated at the
planning stage of any future flights.
One of fossets last round the world attempts was supposed to have started in
Australia and i remember seeing him on TV doing an interview a few days
prior to takeoff. On the day, he didn't even get off the ground. A freak
gust of wind blew the fuel tanks over and he missed his window of
opportunity. Millions spent and he didn't even get off the ground.


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> Goran <goranm@youwish.com> wrote:
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>> around the world.
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> realize to complete one of these RtW records.
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Goran <goranm@youwish.com> wrote:

> But when you spend millions on a
> project and let something so important as fuel to slip by the planning
> stage, surely there's something that needs to be re evaluated at the
> planning stage of any future flights.

Winds aloft over one country is a tricky forecast. Winds aloft forecast
for the entire globe, especially over third world countries that do not
have the means to forecast winds aloft themselves? I would suspect it is
Voodoo science.

> One of fossets last round the world attempts was supposed to have started in
> Australia and i remember seeing him on TV doing an interview a few days
> prior to takeoff. On the day, he didn't even get off the ground. A freak
> gust of wind blew the fuel tanks over and he missed his window of
> opportunity. Millions spent and he didn't even get off the ground.

Well, you alluded to it in your paragraph: "A freak gust of wind." Is
that really the fault of the pilot?

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Not at all. But precautions can be made to keep the flight going. Maybe
extra reinforcements to the fuel tanks?
I don't know. I'm no balloon pilot but I do know precautions can always be
made to allow things to go ahead.

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> Goran <goranm@youwish.com> wrote:
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>> But when you spend millions on a
>> project and let something so important as fuel to slip by the planning
>> stage, surely there's something that needs to be re evaluated at the
>> planning stage of any future flights.
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> Winds aloft over one country is a tricky forecast. Winds aloft forecast
> for the entire globe, especially over third world countries that do not
> have the means to forecast winds aloft themselves? I would suspect it is
> Voodoo science.
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>> One of fossets last round the world attempts was supposed to have started
>> in
>> Australia and i remember seeing him on TV doing an interview a few days
>> prior to takeoff. On the day, he didn't even get off the ground. A
>> freak
>> gust of wind blew the fuel tanks over and he missed his window of
>> opportunity. Millions spent and he didn't even get off the ground.
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> Well, you alluded to it in your paragraph: "A freak gust of wind." Is
> that really the fault of the pilot?
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Well they're still going for it.

Bob S.




On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 17:11:47 +1100, "Goran" <goranm@youwish.com> wrote:

>Not at all. But precautions can be made to keep the flight going. Maybe
>extra reinforcements to the fuel tanks?
>I don't know. I'm no balloon pilot but I do know precautions can always be
>made to allow things to go ahead.
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>"pr" <nope@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>> Goran <goranm@youwish.com> wrote:
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>>> But when you spend millions on a
>>> project and let something so important as fuel to slip by the planning
>>> stage, surely there's something that needs to be re evaluated at the
>>> planning stage of any future flights.
>>
>> Winds aloft over one country is a tricky forecast. Winds aloft forecast
>> for the entire globe, especially over third world countries that do not
>> have the means to forecast winds aloft themselves? I would suspect it is
>> Voodoo science.
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>>> One of fossets last round the world attempts was supposed to have started
>>> in
>>> Australia and i remember seeing him on TV doing an interview a few days
>>> prior to takeoff. On the day, he didn't even get off the ground. A
>>> freak
>>> gust of wind blew the fuel tanks over and he missed his window of
>>> opportunity. Millions spent and he didn't even get off the ground.
>>
>> Well, you alluded to it in your paragraph: "A freak gust of wind." Is
>> that really the fault of the pilot?
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