Steve Fossett About to Fly Again

Steve Fossett is about to depart South America for another attempt at circumnavigating the globe in a balloon.

There's nothing on the newsgroup about it so I thought I'd stick it on and maybe someone will keep us updated.

There's a story about it on the AP wire which I copied and will share with anyone who sends me an e-mail NLT 0400 Central, 8/7/98. Beyond that I will be marrooned in Arkansas.

Len in Indy

For updates on Steve Fossett's flight, the teams website is at:
http://solospirit.wustl.edu

By the way, he lifted off at 6:30pm, friday

A simple question. 6:30pm? UTC? or?

Thanks in advance for the clarification.

Cheers,

Campbell

Brisbane Australia

There was a really good Dateline piece done on the Mr. Fossett and the flight. They gave the Internet address referenced here....some photos as the flight developed....last January's photos, updates etc.

I'm not sure if this is of interest to the list or not, but the mapping site Mapblast now has an hourly updated map of the flight with links to navigable maps. You can find it at: http://www.mapblast.com/mapblast/soloblast.html