Steve Fossett Fuel Quotations

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 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.

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.