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<b>Solo Record Plane Set For Launch </b><br /><br />LINK<br /><br />The jet plane in which US adventurer Steve Fossett plans to make the first non-stop flight around the world without refuelling is set for lift-off. <br /><br />Virgin GlobalFlyer is expected to lift off from Salina in Kansas, US, between 2100 GMT and 0000 GMT on Monday. <br /><br />The single jet engine aircraft is loaded with more than four times its own weight in fuel for the challenge, which is expected to last 80 hours. <br /><br />Monday's scheduled flight follows weeks of delays due to bad weather. <br /><br />The route for the circumnavigation bid was changed at the last minute. The jet will now fly over North Africa instead of Europe because winds have shifted south. <br /><br />Millionaire Mr Fossett, 60, admits he has little margin for error, with the most dangerous part of the attempt being take-off. <br /><br />GlobalFlyer has never been tested with a full load of fuel and any unexpected turbulence or technical glitches could potentially be disastrous. <br /><br />"Turbulence is worse at the lower altitudes, so I've got to make my climb to the cruising altitude without encountering any significant turbulence," Mr Fossett told the BBC News website. <br /><br />GlobalFlyer will take about two hours to get to an initial altitude of 11.8km (39,000ft). It will then climb at just 2.4m (eight feet) per minute until it reaches its cruising altitude of 15km (49,000ft). <br /><br />Issue of trust <br /><br />Mr Fossett said he had to place his complete trust in the makers of GlobalFlyer, the Californian company Scaled Composites run by aviation legend Burt Rutan, which was also behind Ansari-X-prize winner SpaceShipOne. <br /><br />"I suppose I am a little bit of a nervous person - perhaps it is justified in this case," Mr Fossett told a news conference in Salina. <br /><br />"It is a major endeavour and I am willing to take that risk," Mr Foss