Going Deep! Steve Fossett's Legacy Lives On!
by www.pressure-drop.us on 8 Apr 2011
Delivery of the Super Falcon
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Graham Hawkes of Hawkes Ocean Technologies in Richmond CA is known for providing Maltese Falcon with ' Super Falcon' Has teamed up with Chris Welsh of the Spencer 65' Ragtime fame, who recently purchased the late great Steve Fossetts maxi Catamaran, Cheyenne (Formerly Play Station) and Richard Branson to complete the mission Steve Fossett set out to achieve in 2005, to build a manned submersible capable of diving to the deepest trenches on our blue planet, some 37,000 feet.
Deep Flight Challenger is a one person sub weighing in at 7,000 to 8000 lbs, has an estimated 15 mile range and move at six knots, is the only deep water sub not hooked to a mothership via an umbilical cord. Cheyenne will serve as the delivery mechanism to deliver Deep Flight Challenger to the Worlds five Deepest trenches for deployment. Info Sheet
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