Aviation's Future

22 November 2003

Voyager

Around the World In 80 Hours.

Steve Fossett and Richard Branson, who have flown balloons around the world, now want to use a radical new jet design to travel around the world in 80 hours.

Designed by Burt Rutan, who is in the hunt for the X Prize, the GlobalFlyer is expected to start its journey with five times its own weight in fuel!

The picture you see in this entry is of Voyager, a prop-driven design that Dick Rutan flew around the world – nonstop!

  • * * UPDATE * * * Thanks to Steven Vore for the correction in the comments. I’ve reworded to entry for clarity.

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  1. — steven    24 November 2003, 06:40    #

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