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  2. Circumnavigation world record progression - Wikipedia

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    12 October 1992. 13 October 1992. Concorde FAI "Westbound Around the World" world air speed record from Lisbon, Portugal. [27] [28] [29] Michel Dupont and Claude Hetru ( Air France ) 31 hours 27 minutes and 49 seconds. 15 August 1995. 16 August 1995. Concorde with 98 passengers and crew, no equatorial crossing.

  3. Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer - Wikipedia

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    The Scaled Composites Model 311 Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer ( registered N277SF) is an aircraft designed by Burt Rutan in which Steve Fossett first flew a solo nonstop airplane flight around the world in slightly more than 67 hours (2 days 19 hours) in 2005. The flight speed of 342 miles per hour (550 km/h) set the world record for the fastest ...

  4. Stair climbing - Wikipedia

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    Stair climbing. Stair climbing is the climbing of a flight of stairs. It is often described as a "low-impact" exercise, often for people who have recently started trying to get in shape. A common exhortation in health pop culture is "Take the stairs, not the elevator ". The Force Plate-Mounted Stairs by AMTI are primarily used for research into ...

  5. Rutan Voyager - Wikipedia

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    The Rutan Model 76 Voyager was the first aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refueling. It was piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager.The flight took off from Edwards Air Force Base's 15,000 foot (4,600 m) runway in the Mojave Desert on December 14, 1986, and ended 9 days, 3 minutes and 44 seconds later on December 23, setting a flight endurance record.

  6. Around the world sailing record - Wikipedia

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    Around the world sailing record. IDEC 3, current outright record holder at 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds. The first around the world sailing record for circumnavigation of the world can be attributed to the surviving crew of Ferdinand Magellan 's expedition, including the last captain Juan Sebastián Elcano who completed their ...

  7. Climbing stairs could help you live longer—and ... - AOL

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    How many flights of stairs should you climb? A 2023 study, published in the journal Atherosclerosis, looked at exactly how many flights of stairs you need to climb daily to better your heart health .

  8. List of circumnavigations - Wikipedia

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    Nellie Bly traveled around the world with public steamboats and trains in 72 days (from November 14, 1889, to January 25, 1890), a world record, resembling the Around the World in Eighty Days novel. Clärenore Stinnes and Carl-Axel Söderström were the first persons to drive around the world in a car between 25 May 1927 and 24 June 1929.

  9. List of pedestrian circumnavigators - Wikipedia

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    4 years, 3 months, 16 days. Distance. 23,250 kilometres (14,450 mi) Name. Steven M. Newman. Newman became the second man independently verified to walk around the world on April 1, 1987, exactly four years after his departure. His walk was very similar to Kunst's, covering four continents and 14,500 miles.