Voyager vs. GlobalFlyer
March 4th, 2005 by rbanks
I’m confused. Steve Fossett just “made history”, according to CNN, by being the person who “completed the first nonstop flight ’round-the-world without refueling”.
When I was in Seattle in February, though, I saw a model hanging from the roof of SeaTac airport of the Voyager aircraft, which, according to Wikipedia, was “the first to fly around the world without stopping or refueling”. In 1986. So which is it…?
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ryan Says
I think the difference is that Voyager was piloted by mulitple people. Fossett is the first to do it on his own.
Mar 4th, 2005 at 4:43 pm
Richard Says
Ah. So it takes 20 years to go from two people to one. Woopie!
Mar 4th, 2005 at 4:57 pm
sarah Says
now you would think it would be the other way around…that a one person flight would have made it first seeing as how there is less weight on a one person flight…very interesting none the less.
Mar 7th, 2005 at 4:23 pm