FOSSETT GETTING READY FOR SOLO AROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT ATTEMPT

Steve Fossett, who has set records piloting airplanes, gliders, balloons and yachts, is preparing to attempt a solo flight around the world in a unique aircraft built by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites, Inc. The aircraft, dubbed the Virgin Atlantic Globalflyer, is 38.7 feet long, just under 12 feet...

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