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	Scaled Composites: Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer
		We are inspired by the incredible stamina exhibited by Steve in enduring 76 hours and 45 minutes in a cramped cabin while circumnavigating the globe and establishing a new aviation long-distance record at 26,389.3 miles.
		The GlobalFlyer is a single seat, turbofan powered airplane designed to fly around the world nonstop, unrefueled.
		The 'Voyager' aircraft which took Dick Rutan and Jeanna Yeager around the world non-stop could well be considered GlobalFlyer's 'big sister', but evolution and invention on the part of Burt himself and Jon Karkow has certainly played its part in making this aircraft unique.
	www.scaled.com /projects/globalflyer.html (619 words)

	Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Physically, the GlobalFlyer aircraft resembles an enlarged, slender P-38 Lightning, with twin tail booms mounted outboard of a smaller, central nacelle.
		Therefore, the GlobalFlyer's engine, a Williams International FJ44-3 ATW turbofan, which would normally take Jet-A fuel, was modified to burn lower-freezing JP-4 fuel, which is a 50-50 mix of kerosene and gasoline.
		The round-the-world attempt was scheduled for early January 2005, from the 12,300 ft (3,750 m) runway of the municipal airport in Salina, Kansas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/GlobalFlyer (775 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Newsblog \| GlobalFlyer \| Archives
		While GlobalFlyer needs a long runway to take off it doesn't need such a long strip to land on, so the situation is potentially mission-ending rather than immediately life-threatening: there doesn't seem to be an immediate fear that Fossett may have to make an emergency landing.
		GlobalFlyer is flying at 45,000ft about 690 miles west of Africa, near the Azores at a speed on 330 knots.
		This meant GlobalFlyer was effectively flying blind, and although the journey could have continued with a lot of extra help from mission control, it would have been a severe blow.
	blogs.guardian.co.uk /news/archives/cat_globalflyer.html (2399 words)

	AIN Online: GlobalFlyer flight-test progressing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Takeoff weight on GlobalFlyer’s first flight was 5,272 pounds, less than a quarter of the expected takeoff weight of approximately 22,000 pounds for the circumnavigation attempt.
		By Karkow’s 13th flight in early October, the company was flight testing the airplane at 16,035 pounds, with a fuel weight at takeoff of 12,429 pounds (fuel fraction of 77.5 percent) or nearly three-quarters of the expected maximum takeoff weight.
		On approach to landing, the pilot of the GlobalFlyer engages one or both of its drag chutes to decrease speed and increase the descent rate.
	www.ainonline.com /issues/11_04/11_04_globalflyerp66.html (636 words)

	Encyclopedia: Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer in its hangar in Mojave This work is copyrighted, and used with permission.
		For a solid object moving through a fluid or gas, drag is the sum of all the aerodynamic or hydrodynamic forces in the direction of the external fluid flow.
		Stiffness is the resistance of an elastic body to deflection by an applied force.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Virgin-Atlantic-GlobalFlyer (1839 words)

	CNN.com - Fossett makes history - Mar 4, 2005
		GlobalFlyer was built by Scaled Composites, the same firm that designed and launched the world's first civilian manned spacecraft, SpaceShipOne, last year.
		Fossett and the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer team considered abandoning the trip when they were over Hawaii on Wednesday because the experimental plane came up about 2,600 pounds of fuel short after taking off.
		The GlobalFlyer consists of three hulls attached to a 35-meter (114-foot) wing that measures more than half the wingspan of a Boeing 747.
	www.cnn.com /2005/TECH/03/03/globalflyer.fossett (788 words)

	GlobalFlyer Seeks Round-the-World Record
		GlobalFlyer’s cockpit is a mere 7 feet (2.1 meters) long within the main fuselage, just behind the nose landing gear and below the engine.
		GlobalFlyer is powered by a single turbofan jet engine, fed by thirteen separate fuel tanks on the aircraft.
		The stiffest carbon fibers are used in the construction of the craft’s long wings, and the skin is a sandwich of graphite/epoxy and Aramid honeycomb.
	www.livescience.com /technology/050103_global_flyer.html (633 words)

	GlobalFlyer built for efficiency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		However, the fuel is stored in the same areas on the GlobalFlyer as on passenger planes.
		Passenger planes utilize hydraulic pumps that can be used many times, but the GlobalFlyer uses a system that will only be effective three or four times before it needs to be serviced, Paul said.
		Speeds for the GlobalFlyer will be slower than those at which passenger planes fly.
	collegian.ksu.edu /article.php?a=4635 (505 words)

	IT’S OFFICIAL: VIRGIN ATLANTIC GLOBALFLYER COMING TO EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		GlobalFlyer is scheduled to arrive at Wittman Regional Airport on Tuesday afternoon July 26, joining another blockbuster attraction—White Knight/SpaceShipOne—and several other unique aircraft on display at EAA AirVenture’s main showcase, AeroShell Square.
		GlobalFlyer completed its 67-hour flight around the world after logging nearly 19,880 nautical miles (22,862 statute miles) and returning to its departure airport in Salina, Kansas.
		GlobalFlyer’s cockpit is just 7.7 feet long, just large enough for the pilot, food, water, and personal equipment.
	www.airventure.org /2005/news/050321_globalflyer.html (700 words)

	GlobalFlyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The public will have an opportunity to view the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer and to hear a special presentation, "Dreamers and Achievers, A Panel of Black Aviation Pioneers." Events are free and open to the public; cameras and other recording devices will be permitted.
		SALINA – The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer project, attempting a solo flight around the world, will base its mission control operations on the campus of Kansas State University at Salina, Virgin Atlantic announced Wednesday.
		The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer aircraft was designed by Burt Rutan, renowned winner of the recently awarded X-Prize, which recognized the first manned civilian aircraft flown into space.
	www.sal.ksu.edu /globalflyer/news.htm (1440 words)

	GlobalFlyer
		The GlobalFlyer is cruising around 51,000 feet and will be over the ocean for the evening, estimated to reach Mexico around 10 a.m.
		When the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer repositioned from the Mojave Desert to Salina in January 2005, Beckman volunteered his expertise and services to the maintenance crew and engineers from Scaled Composites, the company that designed and built the experimental aircraft.
		Being the instructor who specializes in composites, the material that makes up the GlobalFlyer, he said he has been able to enrich his lectures and lab instruction by many of the things he has learned and experienced during his work with the aircraft.
	www.salina.k-state.edu /globalflyer/press.htm (4736 words)

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