Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer
The Global Flyer ( Scaled Composites Model 311, registration ' N277SF ') is a built in behalf of Steve Fossett plane the company Scaled Composites. With it he started on 1 March 2005 at 0:45 UTC to circumnavigate the Earth in a non-stop flight. He landed on 3 March at 19:48 UTC clock back to his starting place in Salina / Kansas, after he had mastered the route of 36898.04 km in 67 hours, two minutes and 38 seconds. On this flight eight FAI records were set.
The aircraft is powered by a Williams International FJ44 -3 ATW turbofan jet engine with a static thrust of 10.2 kN and has only a narrow cockpit, which is equipped with an autopilot and a Sauerstoffnotsystem. The 13 fuel tanks hold 10,200 liters of kerosene and make 83 % of the starting weight of. In order to save mass, was also on equipment such as a de-icing system for the wings omitted.
Another record flight with Steve Fossett launched on 8 February 2006, at 07:22 local time from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The goal was to surpass their own long-distance record of 40,210 kilometers. This record attempt ended successfully after 76 hours and 45 minutes flight with a landing at the airport Bournemouth in southern England. Since the fuel consumption to the scheduled flight time was higher than planned, the originally planned airport, however, a new long-distance record was not achieved, with 41467.53 km nevertheless placed.