On this day - 23 December

The Voyager aircraft landed in California on October 23rd 1986, after 9 days worth of continuous flight, setting a flight endurance record. It was the first aircraft to fly the entire way around the globe without being refueled. The circumnavigation crossed the equator twice, rather than the shorter route across the north/south pole.

There were two pilots, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, who split the flying duties between them. The initial design was drawn on the back of a napkin.