Record for longest continuous flight
February 12, 2006
Steve Fossett has broken the record set by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager for the longest non-stop continuous flight despite power failure by flying 26,389.3 miles.
As BBC reports:
Generator failure as he descended to Kent prompted him to make a mayday call and divert to Bournemouth. On landing with limited visibility, two tyres burst, but Fossett was unhurt. He had planned to end his journey at Kent International Airport… He eclipsed the distance record set by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, who logged 40,212km (24,987 miles) during a non-stop, non-refuelled trip around the globe in their Voyager aircraft in 1986.
BBC further informs that Fossett already has 109 records to his name! Adventurers like these who stretch boundaries have to be admired, appreciated and reverred.
Bravo Fossett!
