Following Steve Fossett’s successful completion of the fastest, non-stop, non-refuelled flight around the world, we’d like you to see a great photo gallery of the preparation for the flight. You’ll see a lot of mid-air sequences of the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer in flight, along with individual photo’s of Steve Fossett, Jon Karkow/Test Pilot, Hanger photo’s and Steve Fossett with Sir Richard Branson. So surf, click and enjoy.
Chase Plane Intercept – Atlas Mountains 3
Chase Plane Intercept – Atlas Mountains 5
November 6th 2004 – Window View from the Aircraft in Flight
November 6th 2004 – Jon Karkow Piloting the Aircraft on Tenth Test Flight
October 26th 2004 – Steve Fossett Preparing for Test Flight
October 26th 2004 – Steve Fossett Flying the Aircraft over Mojave
October 26, 2004 – Fossett Poses in Cockpit During Flight Testing
April 16th 2004 – Global Flyer Over the Sierra Nevada Mountains
January 8th 2004 – Front View – The Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer on the Tarmac in Mojave
January 8th 2004 – Fossett, Branson and Rutan with Aircraft in Hanger
January 8th 2004 – Medium close shot of Branson & Fossett with Aircraft