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	Scaled Composites, LLC: composite aircraft design, prototyping and flight test
		We have come to recognize that there is an even larger, world-wide "Scaled community." As soon as news of the accident became known to the public, we started to receive emails from people all over the world - offering prayers, kind words of support and even financial gifts.
		As a result of this generous outpouring, the Scaled Family Support Fund was established to forward such contributions to the families.
		Scaled Composites, LLC is an aerospace and specialty composites development company located in Mojave, California (about 80 miles north of Los Angeles).
	www.scaled.com (559 words)

	Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Scaled Composites Model 311 Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer is an aircraft designed by Burt Rutan that Steve Fossett flew in a non-stop solo trip around the world from February 28, 2005 until March 3, 2005.
		Physically, the GlobalFlyer aircraft resembles an enlarged, slender P-38 Lightning, with twin tail booms mounted outboard of a smaller, central nacelle.
		The wings are made of sturdy composite materials with the skin of the aircraft being a graphite/epoxy and Aramid honeycomb.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Virgin_Atlantic_GlobalFlyer (775 words)

	Global Flyer First Flight - Steve Fossett and Sir Richard Branson
		GlobalFlyer's first flight, Created by Scaled Composites at Mojave Airport, the aircraft is designed to carry record-setting pilot Steve Fossett around the world, solo, without refueling.
		The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, a single-engine jet with a 114-foot wingspan, was rolled out at Mojave Airport in the desert north of Los Angeles after four years of design and construction by cutting-edge aviation designer Burt Rutan and his company, Scaled Composites.
		GlobalFlyer has a turbofan engine atop its single-seat, pressurized cockpit and will fly at speeds greater than 287 mph and at altitudes up to 52,000 feet, where it will seek the jetstream's push to give it the range to fly around the world in just over three days.
	www.califcity.com /first_flight.html (998 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| GlobalFlyer to cross Pacific despite setback
		The official GlobalFlyer website has proved a success, with 76m hits recorded in the last 24 hours, a figure that is expected to be topped on the final day of the record attempt.
		Jon Karkow, the chief engineer of GlobalFlyer designers Scaled Composites, said he had so far failed to pin down why such a large amount of fuel had simply disappeared, but his calculations showed that the loss happened early on in the flight and had then stopped.
		Scaled Composites, the US company that built GlobalFlyer, is also working on SpaceShipOne, the craft in which Sir Richard hopes one day to become the first tourist to travel into space.
	www.guardian.co.uk /globalflyer/story/0,14532,1428827,00.html (813 words)

	Exotic around-the-world jet unveiled - Science - MSNBC.com
		The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, a single-engine jet with a 114-foot (34.7-meter) wingspan, was rolled out at Mojave Airport in the desert north of Los Angeles after four years of design and construction by cutting-edge aviation designer Burt Rutan and his company, Scaled Composites.
		GlobalFlyer has a turbofan engine atop its single-seat, pressurized cockpit and will fly at speeds greater than 287 mph (460 kilometers per hour) and at altitudes up to 52,000 feet, where it will seek the jetstream's push to give it the range to fly around the world in just over three days.
		GlobalFlyer is expected to weigh about 22,000 pounds (10,000 kilograms) at takeoff and land 23,000 miles (37,000 kilometers) later after using 18,000 pounds (8,200 kilograms) of fuel.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3908915 (761 words)

	AWST STORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In contrast, GlobalFlyer has only a single crewman, and is jet-powered to speed and simplify the trip.
		GlobalFlyer has made 23 test flights so far to iron out the bugs and get the aircraft's systems into proper working order.
		The original plan was to have the bare-walled cabin that's adequate for Scaled's high-altitude workhorses--the twin-engine Proteus and White Knight.
	www.aviationnow.com /avnow/news/channel_awst_story.jsp?id=news/01035top.xml (1634 words)

	"GlobalFlyer revs up for record"
		Sunday, January 30, 2005 GlobalFlyer revs up for record State gets behind attempt By ALLISON GATLIN The Antelope Valley Press SALINA, Kan. - Long accustomed to its position at the center of the state and nation, this city is preparing to be the center of attention for the entire world.
		GlobalFlyer's takeoff and landing about three days later will only briefly interrupt the airport's regular operations to allow the unusual aircraft plenty of breathing room as it becomes airborne and lands.
		A dozen students of all grade levels were specially selected to assist the Virgin Atlantic and Scaled Composites teams in the flight attempt, in Mission Control and as part of the ground crew.
	archives.californiaaviation.org /ganews/msg11329.html (1697 words)

	virgin.com \| News and Press Releases \| Archive Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It would not have been possible without the right people being associated with the project, such as Scaled Composites, lead by Jon Karkow, (who built the plane), and Richard Branson, along with Virgin Atlantic’s support, and the team here at Kansas State University including the 11 students who were integral to the project.
		Built by Scaled Composites, the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer aircraft is a single pilot, single engine turbofan aircraft was designed for non-stop global circumnavigation.
		The structure of the plane is entirely made from composite material and is ultra light and it flies 75% further than the range record for jet-powered planes.
	www.virgin.com /news/default.asp?newsid=403&p=0 (849 words)

	Scaled Composites' GlobalFlyer Readied for Record Flight
		In contrast, GlobalFlyer has only a single crewman, and is jet-powered to speed and simplify the trip.
		GlobalFlyer has made 23 test flights so far to iron out the bugs and get the aircraft's systems into proper working order.
		The original plan was to have the bare-walled cabin that's adequate for Scaled's high-altitude workhorses--the twin-engine Proteus and White Knight.
	www.aviationweek.com /aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/01035top.xml (1641 words)

	Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, codenamed Model 311, is an aircraft designed by Burt Rutan that Steve Fossett hopes to fly in a non-stop solo trip around the world.
		The aircraft is being financed by Richard Branson's airline, Virgin Atlantic, and is built by Burt Rutan's company, Scaled Composites.
		GlobalFlyer is constructed of carbon fiber and epoxy materials, the main structural member being a slender single piece 37m wing.
	www.free-definition.com /Virgin-Atlantic-GlobalFlyer.html (283 words)

	The New York Times > Science > Around the World, With 13 Fuel Tanks and a Single Seat
		The GlobalFlyer is first of all a feat of engineering - building a plane strong enough to climb into the sky with so much fuel and efficient enough to fly almost 20,000 miles without refueling.
		Scaled Composites of Mojave, Calif., also built the Voyager - the two-seat propeller-driven plane that went nonstop and unrefueled around the world in 1986 - and SpaceShipOne, which took home the $10 million X Prize in October for the first private flight into space.
		Lately the GlobalFlyer breaks the fuel fraction record with each new test flight, but on its round-the-world attempt it will be at its most extreme ratio, 82 percent fuel.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/11/30/science/30flye.html?ei=5088&en=64a9a7ecaf1c6b58&ex=1259557200&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&adxnnlx=1101851464-6i62jAWKmvey1QfSNW6kGQ (889 words)

	GlobalFlyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Following the flight, a crew from Scaled Composites, the California company that designed and manufactured the GlobalFlyer, found a handful of problems that needed to be addressed.
		Aviation maintenance students working alongside the Scaled Composites crew suggested that there may just be an engineering technology lab on campus where some of the needed parts could be made or modified.
		Philip Grassa, crew chief of the airplane and an airframe and powerplant mechanic with Scaled Composites, said that working with K-State at Salina has contributed to the success of the final preparations being made to the aircraft, in anticipation of an early February record attempt.
	www.sal.ksu.edu /globalflyer/news.htm (1440 words)

	Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The GlobalFlyer is a single engine, turbofan powered trimaran type aircraft consisting of two "booms" that hold the main landing gear, rudders, elevators, and 5,454 pounds of fuel contained in three tanks per side.
		Construction materials are all graphite/epoxy composites with carbon-carbon used in the wings with skins being a sandwich of graphite/epoxy and Aramid honeycomb.
		In order to achieve a design configuration optimized for range and fuel efficiency, the engineers at Scaled Composites made extensive use of computational fluid dynamics which allowed them to refine the aircraft's shape and helped predict the effectiveness of the control surfaces.
	www.aahs-online.org /globalflyer.htm (1607 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/index.html?section=cnn_travel (788 words)

	Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer coming to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, which Steve Fossett piloted in the first non-stop, non-refueled solo flight around the world, will take part in the 53rd annual edition of EAA AirVenture, "The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration," on July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh.
		The GlobalFlyer, created by renowned aircraft designer Burt Rutan and the Scaled Composites team in Mojave, Calif., was nearly flawless throughout the around-the-world flight.
		GlobalFlyer's cockpit is just 7.7 feet long, just large enough for the pilot, plus food, water and personal equipment.
	www.expertclick.com /Newsreleasewire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDetail&ID=8528 (713 words)

	saljournal.com - Global Flyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		GlobalFlyer, engorged with more than five tons of JP-4 jet fuel at takeoff, cannot withstand much turbulence.
		So when GlobalFlyer’s GPS system (technology that uses satellites to provide pinpoint locations virtually anywhere in the world) went dead four hours into the flight, the implications were serious.
		Mission control still was able to track GlobalFlyer’s progress, but the sophisticated electronics aboard GlobalFlyer were in the dark.
	www.saljournal.com /content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/4687/format/html/displaystory.html (858 words)

	R & D Magazine
		Scaled Composites is an aerospace and specialty composites development company located in Mojave, Calif. Founded in April 1982 by Burt Rutan, Scaled has a broad experience in air vehicle design, tooling and manufacturing, specialty composite structure design, analysis and fabrication, and developmental flight testing.
		In June 1985, Scaled was sold to Beech Aircraft Corp., acquired by Wyman-Gordon Co., North Grafton, Mass., in January 1989, and then sold to 11 private investors (including Rutan) in September 2000.
		The most notable was Beech’s Model 2000 Starship, an all-composite craft that used rudders on upturned “winglets” at the end of each wing (instead of a conventional tail), in addition to a variable-sweep canard.
	www.rdmag.com /ShowPR.aspx?PUBCODE=014&ACCT=1400000100&ISSUE=0408&RELTYPE=PR&ORIGRELTYPE=CVS&PRODCODE=00000000&PRODLETT=BC (1143 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Fossett sets new flight record
		The GlobalFlyer pilot was at the controls day and night, and got no sleep other than an occasional two-minute "power nap".
		Virgin Atlantic chairman Sir Richard Branson, the GlobalFlyer's sponsor, accompanied the plane on the last leg of the flight back to Salina on board a chase plane, but he was waiting beside the runway with Peggy Fossett as GlobalFlyer made its final descent.
		Jon Karkow, GlobalFlyer's chief engineer, said he had so far failed to pin down why such a large amount of fuel had simply disappeared, but his calculations showed that the loss happened early on in the flight and had then ceased.
	www.guardian.co.uk /globalflyer/story/0,14532,1430081,00.html?gusrc=rss (1093 words)

	Round-the-world flight nears ‘go’ time - LiveScience - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Designed by the visionary aerospace engineer Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites in Mojave, Calif. — the mind behind the SpaceShipOne rocket plane — the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer is to be piloted by millionaire businessman and aerial adventurer Steve Fossett.
		The GlobalFlyer mission builds on the December 1986 flight of the two-seater Voyager aircraft that flew around the globe nonstop and nonrefueled.
		GlobalFlyer is powered by a single turbofan jet engine, fed by 13 separate fuel tanks on the aircraft.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6781577 (690 words)

	GlobalFlyer reaches half-way point
		Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer Mission Control announced that the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer has successfully reached the half-way point in its round-the-world record attempt by flying 180 degrees of longitude from the point of take off.
		At 07:05:33 UTC (12:35:33 in India) the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer reached the half-way point 275nm (320m) west of Kolkata (Calcutta) in India which means it has now covered 9841.5nm (11,350miles).
		The structure of the plane is entirely made from composite material and will be ultra light.
	www.aviationnews.com.au /News_Stories/Archived_Stories/0409751-GlobalFlyer.htm (389 words)

	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)

	Tried & Trusted - LTM45EL composite prpreg materials on unique aerospace projects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		GlobalFlyer has completed eighteen test flights and the team is now ready and waiting for a good weather forecast in order that the countdown can begin.
		It has recently been revealed that Salina Municipal Airport in Kansas, USA will be the base and the launch site for GlobalFlyer’s record attempt to fly non-stop around the world.
		The main structures of this 35m wingspan aircraft were manufactured entirely using LTM45 series composite prepreg materials provided by Advanced Composites Group Inc. These materials are ideal for such one-off projects because of their low temperature, out-of-autoclave cure capabilities and have proved their performance on other aircraft built by Scaled Composites.
	www.globalcomposites.com /news/news_fiche.asp?id=1582& (243 words)

	ACG Contribute Composite Prepreg Materials to GlobalFlyer Project
		The GlobalFlyer project, due to fly around the world on an historic solo flight, is set to launch on February 2nd with the aid of materials provided by the Advanced Composites Group.
		The structure is mainly carbon fibre and epoxy, with stiff carbon fibres used in the construction of the craft’s long wings, with the skin being a sandwich made from carbon and epoxy with aramid honeycomb.
		Last October, Scaled Composites built SpaceShipOne, which successfully carried two passengers into space and met all the conditions required to win the prestigious X Prize.
	www.netcomposites.com /news.asp?2714 (352 words)

	View from above :: Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In order to steepen the approach for landing and add drag in the event of an emergency descent, GlobalFlyer is equipped with two Paratech drag parachutes.
		The Williams FJ44 engine is started by turning on the electric starter then turning on the ignition, advancing the power lever to idle and monitoring engine speed and temperature.
		The GlobalFlyer is steered on the ground by differential braking.
	www.globalflyer.com /ScienceAviation/AviationNuts/TestPilotsView2.jsp (1771 words)

	Steve Fossett the Aviator\| StrangeBird Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer
		The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer aircraft is a single pilot, single engine turbofan aircraft and was specifically designed for this non-stop global circumnavigation.
		Scaled used computer aided aerodynamics to design the aircraft and the structure is made entirely from composite material and is ultra light - allowing it to fly 75% further than the previous range record for a jet-powered aircraft.
		The aircraft is 38.7' (11.8 m) long and is a twin-boom design with a central nacelle and pressurised cockpit for the single pilot, with a wingspan of 114' (35 m).
	www.strangebirds.com /Steve-Fossett.html (3950 words)

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