Re-creation of 1919 cross-Atlantic flight is successful
{{Date|June 4, 2005}}
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{{w|Steve Fossett}} and his co-pilot Mark Rebholz successfully flew a custom-built replica biplane across the Atlantic from St. John's, [[Newfoundland]], [[Canada]] and landed on Sunday at a golf course in {{w|Clifden}}, in the west of [[Ireland]]. 

The trip took approximately 17 hours, 45 minutes longer than the original flight back in June 1919, which was flown by British pilots {{w|John Alcock (aviator)|John Alcock}} and {{w|Arthur Whitten-Brown}}, who on their original trip, crash landed in a swamp. 

The trip was completely flown in a replica {{w|Vickers Vimy}}, a type of [[World War One]] bomber. This particular plane was also used to recreate a flight from [[United Kingdom|Britain]] to [[Australia]] in 1994, and from England to [[South Africa]] in 1999.

==Steve Fossett==

Mr. Fossett is a multi millionaire who earned his fortune in the [[United States|American]] financial markets. He holds 15 {{w|world record}} passages in sailing &mdash; including the record for fastest {{w|circumnavigation}} of the world. He was the first person ever to fly a solo, non-stop, aerial circumnavigation of the globe in a jet aircraft. He has also swum the {{w|English Channel}} and driven the {{w|24 hours of Le Mans}}.

The adventurer also holds the interesting distinction of holding more world records than anyone else &mdash; currently 62 world records.

==See also==
*{{Wikinews|title=Fossett set to recreate first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight|date=June 12, 2005}}

==Sources==
* Toronto Star - [http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1120403585088&call_pageid=968332188774&col=968705899037&t=TS_Home  U.S. pilots recreate first trans-Atlantic flight]
*{{source|url=http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1731445,00.html| title=Another first for Fossett | author= |pub=News24|date=July 3, 2005}}

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Clifden, in the west of Ireland. 

The trip took approximately 17 hours, 45 minutes longer than the original flight back in June 1919, which was flown by British pilots John Alcock and , who on their original trip, crash landed in a swamp. 

The trip was completely flown in a replica , a type of World War One bomber. This particular plane was also used to recreate a flight from Britain to Australia in 1994, and from England to South Africa in 1999.

The adventurer also holds the interesting distinction of holding more world records than anyone else — currently 62 world records.
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