An aircraft is one of the amazing feats of engineering designed to take off, land, or move forward through the lift it receives from the thrust produced by its engines. It moves at high speed and operates at high altitudes, and is used for personal, commercial, and military purposes.


There have been many records of flights around the world since the beginning of the aviation industry, but none is as amazing as the one that flew around the world within three days.


Humans have always tried to circumnavigate, which simply means traveling around a country or continent. However, on the 8th of February 2006, an airplane called the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer set off and traveled around the world, returning on the 26th day of the same month and year.


It was designed by Burt Rutan and has a speed of 551 km/hr and covers a total distance of 41,467 kilometers. The incredible speed and fuel-carrying capacity of the aircraft help it to fly round the world. It moves in the air for 67 hours and takes two days and 19 hours to complete the flight. It is a non-stop circumnavigation airplane that doesn't need to land and refuel in order to complete its flight.


The GlobalFlyer, which is indeed an aviation marvel, has its body made of carbon fiber reinforced with epoxy. Its wings have a length of 33 meters, and the plane, flown by a single pilot, was built specifically to make an uninterrupted, non-refueled flight around the world.

Despite the body's light weight, the fuel in its thirteen tanks accounts for roughly 83 percent of the standard take-off weight.


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