美国东部时间2月28日18时47分(北京时间3月1日7时47分),美国冒险家史蒂夫·福塞特(Steve Fossett)驾驶的“维珍大西洋环球飞行者”号(Virgin AtlanticGlobal Flyer)喷气式飞机,在美国堪萨斯州萨利纳市莫尼兹伯尔(Mu-nicipal)机场离开跑道,冲入夜幕已经降临的天空。他要进行的,是航空史上首次单人驾机中途不着陆、不加油的环球飞行。1933年7月22日,被称为“飞行先驱”的美国飞行家威利·波斯特(wiley Post),驾驶洛克希德公司生产的“维加”(Vega)型活塞式单发 US Eastern Time at 18:47 on the February 28 (Beijing time at 1:47 on March 1), the American adventurer Steve Fossett driving “Virgin Atlantic Universal Air” Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer jumped off the runway at the Mu-nicipal airport in Salina, Kansas, into the sky where nightfall had come. What he is going to do is fly to the world for the first time in his history of aviation. On July 22, 1933, Wiley Post, known as the “Flying Pioneer,” piloted a Lockheed-type “Vega” piston single hair