Scaled Composites' GlobalFlyer Readied for Record Flight

Adventurer Steve Fossett plans to take off from Salina, Kan.--perhaps as soon as early February--to be the first man to fly solo around the world, unrefueled. He will be piloting the Virgin Atlantic "GlobalFlyer" built by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites company here. Rutan also built Voyager, the...

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