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To: Boplicity who wrote (3123)	7/30/2001 4:49:20 PM
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These guys is my hero! <g> Fossett Sets Two New Aviation World Records Down Under in Citation X Bizjet Perth to Brisbane - 28 July '01 Fastest Ever Australian TransContinental Crossing (1,134.56 kph/704.52 mph) Perth to Hobart - 30 July '01 Fastest Ever Business Jet Record (1,216.39 kph/755.99 mph) PERTH, Western Australia, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Record-setting American aviator, balloonist and yachtsman Steve Fossett (USA, 57) set a pair of outstanding new world aviation speed records (pending ratification by the FAI - Federation Aeronautique Internationale) Saturday and Monday -- while keeping busy waiting for good weather for his 'round the world solo balloon flight. Steve is not really an impatient man -- but he does hate to waste time. Hence the .92 Mach Cessna Citation X twin-engine business jet which he uses for nearly all his air travel. Hence simultaneous world record-setting programmes via sailing catamaran (PlayStation), balloon ('Solo Spirit') and jet aircraft. With the weather opportunity for Solo Spirit's upcoming 'round the world solo balloon flight (Kalgoorlie, W. Australia departure, eastbound) presenting no good options until August 2nd, Steve was left looking for a challenge. Australian TransContinental Record - a new outright speed record Chief pilot Fossett and his 2 co-pilots, Shaun Regan (USA, 22) and Alex Tai (UK, 34) crossed over the Perth tower at 7:30 Saturday evening -- looking for projected Jet Stream winds of up to 190 kph (118 mph). They flew at between 35,000 and 37,000 feet until crossing over Brisbane airport 3 hours and 8 minutes 43 seconds later. Their average speed -- an eye-popping 1134.56 kph (704.52 miles per hour) -- establishes a new outright Australian TransContinental speed record -- military or civilian, private or commercial. Last year Fossett (with Darrin Adkins) set the U.S. Transcontinental Record for non-military airplanes by flying from San Francisco to New York in 3 hours 42 minutes, an average speed of 1115.51 kph (693.14 mph). Perth to Hobart - fastest ever bizjet record Returning to Perth, Steve and co set their sights on yet another down-under speed mark -- this time to become the first private pilots to establish an FAI speed record at over 1200 kph (746 mph). So Monday afternoon - at just past 5 pm local time - they streaked across the Perth tower again, this time targeting Hobart, Tasmania. An opportunity for tailwinds of up to 280 kph (174 mph) was too good to pass up. 2 hours, 28 minutes 46 seconds later they had set another new world record - this time averaging 1216.39 kph (755.99 mph) -- the first ever over-1200 kph world record by a business jet -- in fact the fastest ever aviation record set by any non-supersonic aircraft -- military or civilian. MAKE YOUR OPINION COUNT - Click Here tbutton.prnewswire.com SOURCE fossettchallenge.com CO: Project 100 Communications Ltd. ST: Australia IN: SPT LEI TRAV PUB SU: 07/30/2001 14:35 EDT prnewswire.com