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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. Re:Article rewrite by SillySnake · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    X PriCe winner? Please check your spelling before posting. :)

  2. Re:Article rewrite by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Grammar Troll on the loose !!!!

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

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

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  4. elsewhere - 2 school kids do something worthwhile by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    kids from a school in india manage to build a rocket. initially it was a secret project - but got the backing of the principal and then the indian space agency got interested in thier work.(they happend to stumble upon canadian rocket enthusiast Richard Nakka's website, which got them interested)

    http://in.rediff.com/news/2004/dec/01karna.htm

  5. Re:Article rewrite by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that's not grammar, fool, that *spelling*!