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In what kind of aircraft did the first uninterrupted and unrefueled solo circumnavigation of the world happen?

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In 2002, Steve Fossett became the first person to fly around the world alone, nonstop, in the 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. In 2005, he did it again in the jet plane GlobalFlyer.
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flagAustralia
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27%
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2%
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flagRepublic of Ireland
58%
29%
5%
5%
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flagthe Netherlands
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flagGermany
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flagSri Lanka
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flagPoland
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flagthe United States
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8%
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flagCanada
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flagthe United Kingdom
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13%
8%
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flagIndia
33%
25%
25%
12%
120
flagMalaysia
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41%
8%
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flagthe Philippines
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flagSouth Africa
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flagGreece
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flagUnknown
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flagSingapore
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Which company produced the world's first commercial jet airliner?

Fokker
Boeing
Douglas
De Havilland

The first rocket planes ever to be mass-produced were the Messerschmitt Me 163 in 1944. Which other country used rocket planes during WW2?

U.S.
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
Japan

The French Open tennis tournament is named after aviator Roland-Garros. What did he do?

he invented a monoplane
he flew from Paris to London
he flew across the Mediterranean Sea
he became the first fighter ace of WWI

What is happening with that glider?

the engine is damaged
it is releasing the water ballast
cabin decompression is ongoing
contrails are formed due to low air temperature