"Joerg" wrote in message
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Also, it seems that the pilot seat in the Global Flyer must feel like
sitting in a huge jet fuel tank. Not for the faint of heart. But then
again, landing in one of these would certainly turn some heads.

Although the Global Flyer took this concept to extremes, one must remember
that sitting in the average airliner isn't all that far from sitting in a
big fuel tank. The wings are full of it, not to mention various other tanks!
I guess people just don't think about that too much, particularly the
nervous flyers :-)

D.