61 ordspråk av Steve Fossett
Steve Fossett
I'm feeling good, healthy, but with the usual concern,
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I'm hopeful that this is all going to work out,
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I'm not confident of success because of what I'm trying to do ... We calculate that I will be able to complete the flight and have a success, but it will be very close.
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If he won, it would have been a $3 million prize, which he was going to contribute to his charities.
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If I have engine trouble, there will be no trouble with gliding,
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In the middle of the night we decided it was a hopeless situation,
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In the middle of the night we decided it was a hopeless situation, ... We decided to fly as close as we could to Hawaii to make it an easy rescue.
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It was a frustrating summer for me,
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It was a scary time, and I had my parachute on and I was prepared to bail out in case a wing broke.
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It will be very close. I'm stretching the limits of the airplane.
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It's something I've wanted to do for a long time.
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Mountain climbing was my original sport ... and I've never tired from the satisfaction of getting to the top of a mountain.
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one of the most difficult flights ever.
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So far there have been few problems. A broken winch was readily repaired by the crew, as was a batten problem in the mainsail. Sailing winds have been excellent and at one point we were flying a hull,
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So far there have been few problems. A broken winch was readily repaired by the crew, as was a batten problem in the mainsail. Sailing winds have been excellent and at one point we were flying a hull.
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