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SAT的ESSAY写作素材 SAT的ESSAY写作素材精选FossettmakeshistoryFlyingfromhorizontohorizon,SteveFossettcompletedthefirstnonstop,flightround-the-worldwithoutrefuelingonThursdayafternoon,landinggracefullyinKansasat2:49pmET.AcheeringcrowdgatheredtoushertheGlobalFlyerandits60-year-oldpilotintotherecordbooks,somethingthathasbecomealmostroutineforFossettinrecentyears.Theaviatornowholdsthreerecord-breakingcircumnavigationsoftheglobe,thetwoothersbyballoonandsailboat.ItssomethingIvewantedtodoforalongtime,Fossettsaidashesteppedoutoftheplane,hislegswobblyafternearlythreedaysinthecockpit.Ithasbeenamajorambitionofmine.ThesometimestensejourneyacrossthreeoceansanddozensofcountriesbeganinSalina,Kansas,onMondayevening.The25,000-milevoyagetook67hoursandtwominutes.ItwasfinancedbyFossettslongtimefriendandinvestor,RichardBranson,whoheadsVirginAtlanticAirways.AsGlobalFlyerapproachedtheairport,Fossettdeployedsmallparachutestoslowthecraftdown.Aftertouchingdownsmoothly,FossetttaxiedtheplanetowardahangarandBransonwavedablack-and-whitecheckeredflagasthejetcametoastop.Fossettsflightteamopenedabottleofchampagneontotherunway.GlobalFlyerwasbuiltbyScaledComposites,thesamefirmthatdesignedandlaunchedtheworldsfirstcivilianmannedspacecraft,SpaceShipOne,lastyear.BurtRutan,aerospaceengineerandheadofScaledComposites,saidtheplane,andthepilot,performedadmirably.Despitethesuccessfulhomecoming,theGlobalFlyerencountereddarkmomentsduringitsflight.Atonepoint,controllersthoughttheplanewouldrunoutoffuelfarshortofitstarget.FossettandtheGlobalFlyerteamconsideredabandoningthetripwhentheywereoverHawaiionWednesdaybecausetheexperimentalplanecameupabout2,600poundsoffuelshortaftertakingoff.Thejetburns102poundsoffuelperhour.Theteamspeculatedthatfuelwasventedfromfourtanksshortlyaftertakeoff.Fossettdecidedtopressonbecauseoffavorabletailwinds.IfIhaveenginetrouble,therewillbenotroublewithgliding,Fossetthadsaidearlierinthedaybeforelanding.Whenmoredataarrivedfromtheaircraft,projectionsshowedthefuelwouldpropeltheaircraftthroughoutitsentire25,0