?Fossett go home!? posted 10-23-06
I guess some people don't hesitate to speak their minds because they have nothing to lose. After reading your pathetic tirade I feel obligated attempt to put some information in your head. It might be easier if you consider removing your foot first.
Flyboy says, ?Fossett go home!? Moreover he says never met the man, but I can?t stand the guy and ?If he lives in England, I wish he would stay over there.? And you finally ask, ?How do you guys across the ocean feel about your man??
Flyboy, if what you don't know can't hurt you, you must be invulnerable. For your information, Steve Fossett does not live in England and his home is here. He was born in Jackson, Tennessee, grew up Garden Grove, California, and was an Eagle Scout at 13, graduated from Stanford University, MBA from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Steve now divides his time between Colorado and California.
You also wanted to know, ?Is this guy penis challenged?? If you can get your thoughts off of Mr. Fossett penis for a moment (Is that why you?re called flyboy?) and use the big head for a change you might learn something, but then again this might be a stretch.
Since you open your head without putting anything in it first, and you asked the question, ?? has he ever done anything physical?? Again, are you always this stupid or are you making a special effort? Here is some information about Steve that might be of help to you.
Steve swam the English Channel (21 mi) after failing three times. Finally, on the 4th try, he swam the 21 miles in one of the slowest-ever times of 22 hours and 15 minutes and was then promptly hospitalized for hypothermia. He also finished the 2.4 mile (3.86 kilometer) swim (across Kailua-Kona Bay), followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometer) bike ride (from Keauhou to Hawi and back), and a 26.2 mile (42.2 kilometer) marathon along the coast of the Big Island (from Keauhou to Keahole Point to Kailua-Kona). He attempted the 100-mile Canadian Ski Marathon and couldn't make it -- four times, but eventually completed it. There was also the Iron man Triathlon in Hawaii (he finished the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride, and 26.2-mile run in 15 hours 53 minutes and 10 seconds.
Steve has climbed the highest peak on 6 of the 7 continents. He started rock climbing with the Sierra Club at the age of 11. He went to Europe to climb the Matterhorn, and then nearly died on the Eiger, sliding several hundred feet down a glacier. The only peak to have eluded him and the only major challenge from which he has ever fumed back is Mount Everest In 1992, he then returned to Mount Everest, but his lungs wouldn't cooperate with the high altitude. "I know my limitations," he says. "Everest is not worth my life."
The Iditarod, a 1,161-mile trek across Alaska took two tries. On the second attempt, the conditions were unusually severe: 40 below and blowing snow. Steve?s new team also tried to desert him. Fossett knew what to do. He got down on all fours and bit his lead dog, Gus, on the ear. "Dogs understand a dogfight." Gus and the rest of the team pulled the sled to the finish line in 14 days and 12 hours, which was good for 47th place.
Flyboy, Is that physical enough for you?
You further drivel, ?And how about that the lone sailor that makes it around the world on his little boat. These are heroes, people I can admire
Steve Fossett is also the most successful Speed Sailor in the history of Sailing. His 2004 Round the World Record of 58 days 9 hours and 2001 Trans Atlantic Record of 4 days 17 hours were dramatic improvements over the previous records. Steve also spent six days alone, solo in a balloon named Solo Spirit, riding the winds across the world at altitudes between 18,000 and 28,500 feet at night, the temperature in his capsule dipped to 15 degrees, it was a no-frills flying machine. The gondola, an un-pressurized capsule was 7? long, 5-1/2' wide, and 5-1/2' high. It was un-pressurized, and he needed to breathe from liquid oxygen cylinders most of the flight. His diet was military-style MREs, warmed by chemical heating pouches. The capsule had a bed a bench with a sleeping bag, with a bbucket for a toilet. 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.
Flyboy, was Steve?s 7? x 5? little boat that made it around the world solo in 58 days something you might admire? .? I suspect you were the first one born without a tail in your family and some one left your cage open, so I?m not too sure what you might admire.
And you continue to drool, ??I admire the guy that doesn?t have much money? build an airplane he can race at Reno
Steve, who unfortunately has made the money by earning it, is one of the top private jet pilots in the United States; Steve's achievements include the records for non-supersonic airplanes for U.S. Transcontinental (2h 56m - 726.83 mph) Australia Transcontinental (705.06 mph) and Round the World Westbound (500.56 mph). In gliders Steve achieved the first 1500 Kilometer Triangle flight and the first 2000 Kilometer Out-and-Return flight. In the last 3 years he has set 10 of the 21 Glider Open World Records. He holds records for U.S. Transcontinental, Australia Transcontinental, and the fastest flight ever in a non-supersonic airplane as well as having set 10 out of the 21 glider open records. These include a Straight Line Distance record of 2,193 km, the Longest Triangle at 1,509 km and the Longest Out and Return with 2,002 km. Steve also took part in an unusual non-record related activity by recreating the first transatlantic flight flown by Alcock and Brown, flying in a replica of the 1919 Vickers Vimmy aircraft from St Johns, Canada to Ireland. After undertaking a series of tests, medical examinations and flight training Steve became one of only 17 qualified Zeppelin captains in the world. In 2004 Steve set the Absolute Speed Record for airships at 115 km per hour (which was a 24% increase on the previous record of 92 km) Steve also holds Round the World records for medium weight airplanes (in both directions) as well as the U.S. transcontinental records for non-supersonic airplanes and unlimited turboprops. Steve achieved the First Solo non-stop Round the World airplane flight, a follow-up 'Ultimate Flight' of over 41,000 kms, thus setting the record for the longest non-stop flight in aviation history plus a further world record RTW flight for absolute closed circuit distance in the GlobalFlyer in 67 hours and 23,000 miles. These were three extraordinary airplane flights.
Flyboy, in 1998, Fossett visited the Reno area and he lifted off in a small helium-gas balloon at Stead for a short flight. I don?t think Steve has raced at Reno, but I sure he could handle it. Since you bought your motorcycle, it not all right for Steve and others to buy motor vehicles?
Flyboy, you finally brag that, ?I just bought a motorcycle and set a record myself. Am I just as bad as Fossett?
If you call showing your ignorance bad, Okay, you win the prize. Steve Fossett may be new to land speed racing, but he has raced 200 mph+ international endurance sports cars at Daytona, Sebring and Le Mans in the 1990's. It was a pleasure to meet Steve at the special FIA meet at Bonneville. Unlike Flyboy, Steve is intelligent, unassuming, and gracious,
Steve now has the car originally designed and built by land speed record-holder Craig Breedlove and after modification intends record attempts scheduled next July through October. "This is surely the most dramatic of all world records, the oldest and most famous record in world of motor sport," Fossett said, ?I am very, very excited by the opportunity to meet this challenge and I do not underestimate the challenges involved?. Keeping this 9,000-pound vehicle with an after-burning J-79 turbojet developing 22,650 pounds of thrust from a USAF F-4 Phantom fighter-bomber with 45,000 horsepower and attempting to return the land speed record back to America is something that we should all applaud.
Flyboy I'd like to leave you with a suggestion. In the future, perhaps you should consider putting something in your brain before engaging your mouth and depositing waste. If some day a real thought crosses your mind after its long and lonely journey that might be the time to try again
Constructive
