GlobalFlyer prepares for first flight
Credit: KEITH BENFIELD PHOTOS
The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer round-the-world aircraft has started taxi tests and should make its first flight imminently. The 114-ft.-span aircraft was rolled out by constructor Scaled Composites on Jan. 8, and taxi tests started at the company's Mojave, Calif., airport facility in mid-February...
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