GlobalFlyer around the world flight

I just came across an article in Aviation Week about this plane, the GlobalFlyer, which will be piloted by Steve Fosset to attempt the first around-the-world, no-refueling, solo flight. It is built by Scaled Composites, designed by Burt Rutan (who designed the Voyager aircraft and the Spaceship 1). I found several links with a Google search, but here is the first one that had a photo:

http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?1910

I hope this URL works; I've never tried posting a URL on this site before.

A few interesting facts about the aircraft:

Maximum takeoff weight is 22,000 pounds, and a zero-fuel weight of 3,700 pounds (including pilot). That means 83% of the weight is fuel.
(Passengers will please refrain from smoking for the duration of the flight! 😳)

It has a single Williams FJ44-3 ATW turbofan engine.

It uses JP-4 fuel, because that has a lower freezing point than the more common JET-A fuel-- they give the fuel a three cold soak before loading, to get enough fuel onboard for the trip. If they used JET-A, they couldn't load enough fuel to complete the trip by a few percent.

It is so streamlined that it has to have drogue chutes to allow a reasonable approach angle for landing.

This is so freakin' cool! I love this kind of way-out-on-the-hairy-edge kind of technology.

Ed