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Published online 1 March 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050228-6
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Round-the-world solo flight takes off
Virgin aircraft attempts to circumnavigate the globe.
As the slender white plane lifted off the Kansas airstrip, it marked the start of a daring attempt to make the first solo, non-stop, non-refuelled flight around the Earth.
The plane, called GlobalFlyer, lifted off at 0:50 GMT on 1 March and is designed to travel the 36,788 kilometres required to circumnavigate the world in just 80 hours.
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