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GlobalFlyer Aims To Go Voyager One Better

Posted by timothy on from the round-and-round dept.

LucidBeast writes "We all remember Voyager, the first plane to fly around the world in 1986 on one tank of gas. Now Voyager pilot Steve Fossett plans to do it solo with a jet powered GlobalFlyer. See also New York Times article about it (registration required). The idea of the solo flight according to this story originated with the Voyager builder Dick Rutan." Update: 12/01 13:25 GMT by T : Note, the original submission reversed the roles of Rutan and Fossett; Fossett is the pilot, while Rutan (and his company, Scaled Composites) is the builder.

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  1. Yeah I remember that... by carlmenezes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    the X Price competition...later renamed "The Price is Right"

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