Fossett Tries for Record 80-Hour Nonstop Flight
From Times Wire Reports
Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett sets out today for what he hopes will be the longest nonstop flight ever made by an aircraft.
Fossett, 61, who already holds piloting, ballooning, sailing and other endurance records, was not entirely confident about his planned 80-hour trip into the record books. “It will be very close,” Fossett said.
He planned to take off from Kennedy Space Center’s 15,000-foot-long shuttle runway.
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