GlobalFlyer Around The World
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The Snowdog
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An Earth Globe commemorating the GlobalFlyer's nonstop flight around the world, which began and ended here, at Salina Municipal Airport, Salina, Kansas
Waymark Code: WM12VTR
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 07/21/2020
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The Scaled Composites Model 311 Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer (registered N277SF) is an aircraft designed by Burt Rutan in which Steve Fossett first flew a solo nonstop airplane flight around the world in slightly more than 67 hours. The flight began and ended here at Salina Municipal Airport, a former Air Force Base with a long enough runway (over 12,000 feet) for the GlobalFlyer to take off and land. This Earth Globe sculpture is the central feature of a plaza honoring Fossett and this splendid achievement.
A news article about this globe and plaza is
here.
Stationary or rotating globe: Stationary
Historical or current information: Current
Surface (elevation) relief: yes
Size: 8 feet
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