Chelton Flight Systems' synthetic vision EFIS (Electronic Fight Instrument System) has been selected for the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer. Steve Fossett expects to fly the aircraft around the world, non-stop, covering 23,000 miles in just under 80 hours in either April or October. Designed and built by Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites, the GlobalFlyer had to meet very exacting criteria for lifting the enormous load of fuel needed for the journey. Component strength, reliability and weight are critical. Chelton Flight Systems, which has hundreds of EFIS units already flying in both experimental and certified aircraft, has the advantages of providing a tremendous volume of navigation information along with aircraft performance data and engine function data in a compact, lightweight pa