Fossett sets off on record bid

Posted on: Feb. 8th, 2006 || Source: news.bbc.co.uk | E-mail Article | Print Article

US aviator Steve Fossett has taken off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in an attempt to make the longest non-stop flight in his Virgin GlobalFlyer plane.

His journey will take him around the world once and across the Atlantic twice, landing in Kent, UK.

If the 61-year-old makes it, he will eclipse a record set by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager in 1986.

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