Atlantic crossing re-enactment lands near Clifden

Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett has successfully repeated the 1919 feat of pilots Alcock and Browne by the Atlantic in a bi-plane.

Atlantic crossing re-enactment lands near Clifden

Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett has successfully repeated the 1919 feat of pilots Alcock and Browne by the Atlantic in a bi-plane.

The American and his co-pilot Mark Reibholz set off from Canada last night and had to battle the elements for the last few hundred miles of their journey.

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