The Scaled Composites Model 311 Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer (registered N277SF) is an aircraft designed by Burt Rutan in which Steve Fossett first flew...
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Steve Fossett (section GlobalFlyer)
the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, all in his Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer. In 2002, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Aero Club of the...
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without stopping or refueling. He also designed the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, which in 2006 set the world record for the fastest (342 mph/551 km/h...
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configuration, winglets and pusher propellers. In 2005, the single-jet GlobalFlyer was flown by billionaire adventurer Steve Fossett on the first solo non-stop...
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accomplished only one other time, by Steve Fossett in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer (also designed by Rutan). For the feat, Yeager, the Rutans, and crew...
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Wright Brothers. March 5, 2004 — First flight of the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer June 17, 2004 — Mojave designated a Spaceport by the FAA. June 21, 2004...
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from the SLF, as have record-setting attempts by the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer. The SLF has been the site of high performance automobile testing and...
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scientific microcomputers Capricorn, one of the names for the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer Capricorn Investment Holdings, an umbrella for the Capricorn group of...
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The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, remotely-piloted surveillance aircraft introduced in 2001. It was initially designed by Ryan...
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the filming of Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer piloted by Steve Fossett for the first solo nonstop and nonrefueled circumnavigation...
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His most famous projects are the Rutan Voyager and the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, which both flew around the world, non-stop and unrefuelled, and are...
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subcontractor) Adam A500 Bell Eagle Eye Toyota TAA-1 Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer Williams V-Jet II X-38 X-47A Pegasus Technology demonstrators ARES ATTT...
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the highest figure ever at the time. Steve Fossett's Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer could attain a fuel fraction of nearly 83 percent, meaning that it carried...
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foreplane as well as aft to support twin fins. The later Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer was jet propelled but with a similar range, still with large twin booms...
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List of circumnavigations (section Global)
Circumnavigation with microlight aircraft Pipistrel". Steve Fossett, 3 March 2005, GlobalFlyer, first non-stop, non-refueled solo circumnavigation in an airplane, 67...
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9:1 Cruising Lockheed U-2 25.6:1 Rutan Voyager 27:1 Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer 37:1 Gravity drag—rockets can have an effective lift to drag ratio while...
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22 hours at 925 km (500 nmi) of its base. Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer The manned GlobalFlyer, built by Scaled Composites, was designed to fly around the...
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Business Jet 2007-2009 Learjet 25 Business Jet re-engine Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer Experimental 2005 FJ44-3 Cessna CitationJet CJ2+/CJ3+ Business Jet 2004-...
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aircraft in aviation history until the 2006 flight of the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer. It still holds the record for the longest duration un-refuelled flight...
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University in St. Louis. In 2005, Steve Fossett, flying a Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, set the current record for fastest aerial circumnavigation (first non-stop...
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subcontractor) Adam A500 Bell Eagle Eye Toyota TAA-1 Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer Williams V-Jet II X-38 X-47A Pegasus Technology demonstrators ARES ATTT...
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projects include Far from Heaven (2002), Hard Candy (2005), Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge (2005), Where God Left His Shoes (2006), Judgment Day:...
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ground show for the return of the 'round-the-world' Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer flight, with the glider being towed by a vehicle along the runway in...
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subcontractor) Adam A500 Bell Eagle Eye Toyota TAA-1 Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer Williams V-Jet II X-38 X-47A Pegasus Technology demonstrators ARES ATTT...
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engine in a pod above the fuselage. The Heinkel He 162, Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, and Cirrus Vision SF50 are three examples. In general, the idea is to...
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the Ansari X Prize of $10 million and helped spur the beginning of the global private space race. Later in his career, he became Vice President/General...
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subcontractor) Adam A500 Bell Eagle Eye Toyota TAA-1 Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer Williams V-Jet II X-38 X-47A Pegasus Technology demonstrators ARES ATTT...
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