In 2002, he became the first person to fly around the world alone, nonstop in any kind of aircraft. He launched the 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom ...

26 февр. 2019 г. · The first non-stop aerial circumnavigation Captain James G. Gallagher, a World War II veteran, commanded the Lucky Lady II. The crew for this ...

4 мая 2024 г. · A decorated Vietnam War pilot, Dick Rutan died Friday evening at a hospital in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, with Burt and other loved ones by his side.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the most incredible flight ever by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager. The Rutan Model 76 Voyager was the first aircraft to fly ...

Steve Fossett is an American aviator who made history by becoming the first person to make a solo, nonstop circumnavigation of the globe by air.

In December 1986 two pilots, Dick Rutan (1939-) and Jeana Yeager (1952-), landed an odd-looking aircraft called Voyager in the California desert.

On December 23, 1986, Voyager completed the first nonstop, non-refueled flight around the world. Pilots Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager completed the flight in nine ...

2 мар. 2023 г. · In 1933, Wiley Post made the first solo flight around the world. He made the trip in seven days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes, and made 10 stopovers ...

26 февр. 2020 г. · On Feb. 26, 1949, the B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II left for the first nonstop round-the-world flight, demonstrating the U.S. Air Force's ...