Burt Rutan + Steve Fossett + Sir Richard Branson

Edited by James E. Swickard December 01, 2003
Burt Rutan + Steve Fossett + Sir Richard Branson = around the world in 80 hours. Branson's Virgin Atlantic Airways announced Oct. 23 that it has commissioned Rutan to build a single-pilot, single-engine turbofan aircraft designed for nonstop global circumnavigation. The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer...

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