Richard Branson's latest record attempt

fournier · Post by **fournier** » 28 Jun 2006, 09:57

it seems that on the 25th June, he was in South Africa to sit in on an attempt to fly a 2 seat BAC Lightning from standstill to 30,000 ft in 102 seconds. Apparently, the record was missed by 2 seconds! :shock:

http://www.thundercity.com/news.htm#one

jonesey2k · Post by **jonesey2k** » 28 Jun 2006, 11:19

Impressive non the less. :shock:

andy · Post by **andy** » 28 Jun 2006, 12:49

Must've been the weight of his wallet that slowed them down......

Post by **Garry Russell** » 28 Jun 2006, 13:01

andy wrote:Must've been the weight of his wallet that slowed them down......

Hey....what happened to that balloon thing (altituded record?) a couple of years ago off Corwall. I thought he was going to try that again but seems to have gone quiet.

I would have thought he was not short of hot air

Garry

fournier · Post by **fournier** » 28 Jun 2006, 14:13

Garry Russell wrote:
andy wrote:Must've been the weight of his wallet that slowed them down......

Hey....what happened to that balloon thing (altituded record?) a couple of years ago off Corwall. I thought he was going to try that again but seems to have gone quiet.

I would have thought he was not short of hot air

Garry

Did you mean this?

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/09/01/uk.balloon/

Post by **Garry Russell** » 28 Jun 2006, 14:31

Cheers Fodda

That's the one...three years ago.

Time flies.

Garry

fournier · Post by **fournier** » 02 Jul 2006, 21:42

Garry Russell wrote:Cheers Fodda

That's the one...three years ago.

Time flies.

Garry

Cheers who? :tuttut:

Post by **Garry Russell** » 02 Jul 2006, 21:57

fournier wrote:
Garry Russell wrote:Cheers Fodda

That's the one...three years ago.

Time flies.

Garry
Cheers who? :tuttut:

:redface: Sorry Fournier :crying:

Garry