- The
Scaled Composites Model 311
Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer (registered N277SF) is an
aircraft designed by Burt
Rutan in
which Steve Fossett first flew...
- 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...
- 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...
-
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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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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scientific microcomputers Capricorn, one of the
names for the
Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer Capricorn Investment Holdings, an
umbrella for the
Capricorn group of...
- The
Northrop Grumman RQ-4
Global Hawk is a high-altitude, remotely-piloted
surveillance aircraft introduced in 2001. It was
initially designed by Ryan...
- 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...
- the
filming of
Close Encounters of the
Third Kind The
Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer piloted by
Steve Fossett for the
first solo
nonstop and
nonrefueled cir****navigation...
