The aircraft barreling down the Kennedy Space Center runway Thursday did not come from space, but it was as unique as any NASA space shuttle. With a wingspan as wide as an 11-story building, and a ...

Salina? First by balloon, now by plane, Steve Fossett is once again a ’round-the-world record holder. The millionaire adventurer on Thursday became the first person to fly around the world alone ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Aviation's adventuresome duo of Chicago millionaire Steve Fossett and Sir Richard Branson announced plans Thursday for another world record attempt in the Virgin Atlantic ...

Salina? Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett decided today to press ahead with his attempt to fly around the world solo without refueling, despite a serious problem with the plane’s fuel system.

NASA congratulates the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer experimental aircraft team on its first-of-a-kind flight. NASA technology contributed to the safety and success of the mission by enhancing ...

The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer has successfully started its endurance flight record attempt despite suffering a bird strike on take-off. The long distance experimental aircraft took off from the ...

MOJAVE – The Mojave-built GlobalFlyer is being readied for another world record-setting flight, this time to break longest-flight records set by its Voyager predecessor in 1986 and a balloon in 1999.

Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer mission control is now estimating that the aircraft could land at the UK's Kent International Airport as early as 18:00 GMT tomorrow (11 February). At 15:10 GMT today pilot ...

March 3, 2005 The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer pilot by Steve Fossett is currently attempting to set a world record for the first solo, non-stop, non-refuelled circumnavigation of the world. The rules ...