Around the World in 90 Hours

Some of the boys were out at Mojave, CA last week after NBAA to catch Steve Fossett try out his new GlobalFlyer on Saturday October 16th.

To set a world record for the first solo, non-stop, non-refuelled circumnavigation of the world he will have to follow a strict set of rules laid down by the governing body of aviation record attempts, the Federation Aeronautique Internationale.

The route will begin from Mojave and will then follow the jet stream winds across the Atlantic to the UK. From there he will head south-east across the Mediterranean and the Gulf before turning east towards Pakistan, India, China and Japan. The final leg of the journey will take the plane out over the Pacific towards Hawaii before crossing the west coast of the US and returning to its launch site.

In the course of the journey Steve should fly over or near the following major cities: Montreal, London, Paris, Rome, Cairo, Bahrain, Karachi, Calcutta, Shanghai, Tokyo, Honolulu and Los Angeles.

And we thought that a three week trip was too short!