21st-Century GlobalFlyer Adheres to 17th-Century Physics

The failure of the Scaled Composites GlobalFlyer fuel system design to properly cater to the 350-year-old Boyle's Law principles of pressure, temperature and volume nearly caused the 21st-century aircraft to run out of fuel on its initial round-the-world flight. But the aircraft's team believe they...

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