Subject: Steve Fossett and the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer Complete Round the World Flight
Steve Fossett and the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer Complete Round the World Flight
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STEVE FOSSETT
COMPLETES HISTORIC GLOBALFLYER ROUND THE WORLD RECORD-SETTING FLIGHT

Salina, Kan. March 17, 2006

At 9:05 a.m. (CST), Steve Fossett guided the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer to a safe landing at the Salina Municipal Airport, completing the closed-circuit distance record after covering more than 25,300 statute miles. The record is the third that Fossett has achieved in the experimental GlobalFlyer aircraft.

The full news conference following the landing can be viewed in its entirety at http://ome.ksu.edu/webcast/globalflyer/press.ra m

Fossett affirmed that Salina is the home base of the GlobalFlyer, and that it will remain here until it is relocated permanently to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.

Fossett recently set a total distance record in the GlobalFlyer taking off from the Kennedy Space Flight Center in Florida and landing at another airport in the U.K. Roughly a year ago, Fossett set a speed record in the Global Flyer for his around the world flight, which also began and ended in Salina.

For the more information regarding Steve's landing visit http://salina.k- state.edu/globalflyer

In addition to Steve Fossett and the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, the Salina Municipal Airport is home base for numerous aviation businesses and operations. These include America Jet, Aerospace Systems & Technologies, Inc., EagleMed air ambulance, Kansas Wing Headquarters - Civil Air Patrol, Flower Aviation, Kansas Army National Guard Aviation Support Facility, Kansas State University Salina College of Technology and Aviation, Kansas Highway Patrol Aviation, Professional Flight Training, LC, Raytheon Aircraft Company - Salina Division, Salina Aircraft Services, Wells Aircraft, Inc., and the corporate flight departments for ADM Milling Company, Blue Beacon International, Geoprobe Systems, Pepsi Cola - Salina, Plains Environmental, Premier Pneumatics, Inc., and Bradley Trucking Co.

The SLN Aviation Service Center has available hangar space and room for growth to accommodate a wide array of aviation related industries. The SLN Air Traffic Control Tower logs more than 86,000 annual aircraft operations. Two FBOs annually deliver over 4 million gallons of aviation fuel to the aircraft using the Salina Municipal Airport. For more information regarding expansion opportunities at "The SLN Aviation Service Center," contact us at 785.827.3914 or visit the available properties link at www.salinaairport.com

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