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OTD (Dec. 23 1986)- after nine days and four minutes in the air Voyager returns to Edwards AFB after flying 25,012 miles around the world nonstop. Here’s the takeoff using 14,200 feet of runway

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BaconNPotatoes@reddit

I remember Omni magazine having a cardboard version you could cut out and put together
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currentsitguy@reddit

If I recall that was a Dick Rutan design, the guy who designed the LongEZ canard kit plane and Virgin Galactic.
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aogamerdude@reddit

This was in part of a Brittanica yearbook. I remember the wingtips I think were shredded off caused by the weight of the fuel. 
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aogamerdude@reddit

I was partly right;   https://youtu.be/M6Kd9zJEucM?si=934O4ynwSyKf23GI
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RepresentativeBarber@reddit

Man, smog was bad back then.
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woodworkingguy1@reddit

I remember this.... And when Steve Fosset did it twice....amazing how far we came in aviation in a short period of time.
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aogamerdude@reddit

The balloon attempt was quite an adventure from the report I remember. 
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woodworkingguy1@reddit

He also did it in a jet plane...twice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Atlantic_GlobalFlyer
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aogamerdude@reddit

I remember the wingtips getting shredded off I think from the weight of the fuel. 
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MaximumJones@reddit

I would have loved to have been there in person for this. Imagine witnessing history like that with your own eyes. It fascinates me.
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