BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Fossett set for next record bid

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Fossett set for next record bid: "Fossett set for next record bid
By Irene Klotz
Cape Canaveral, Florida


Steve Fossett at Cape Canaveral on 12 January, AFP
Last year, I had a wonderful flight - it was very satisfying, but it left one thing remaining to do
Steve Fossett
Its damaged wing repaired, the record-setting ultra-light GlobalFlyer aircraft swooped through the skies over Kennedy Space Center on Thursday and settled on to a borrowed space shuttle runway.

It was the last stop before millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett takes to the air again to attempt another world record.

Fossett plans to depart later this month or in February on what he hopes will be the longest non-stop ride in an aircraft, eclipsing a record set in 1986 by Dick Rutan and Jeanne Yeager.

Fossett already topped Rutan and Yeager's around-the-world tour by making the trip last year flying solo."