Steve Fossett Fuel Quotations

There is a risk in the takeoff. There is a risk during the flight of running out of fuel or other mechanical failure in an experimental aircraft.

Fuel OK, oxygen OK, got four hours of sleep last night and physical condition is very good,

To fly this distance that I plan to fly, everything has to go right. So if I were to have the same fuel venting problem and lose fuel, then I would not be able to accomplish the mission and I would cut it short.

There's no turning back. It was halfway around the world when I found the fuel problem, ... Not only might the flight not have finished, but I might have gotten the plane stuck somewhere.

The fuel leak is fixed and we believe the worldwide wind pattern is acceptable. I hope to be flying in the morning.