AVIATION
Steve Fossett Aviation
FAI World Record Attempts in gliders,
airships and powered aircraft. Title and support sponsorship opportunities for all events

FAI World Gliding Record Attempts for speed and distance
Nov-Dec 2005: Australia / New Zealand
Flying the ASH 25 high-performance sailplane, Steve Fossett and Terry Delore (NZ) will attempt to add to their extraordinarily successful tally of 10 absolute Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) records for glider speed and distance set since December 2002
FAI World Airship Speed Record Attempt
January 2006: Friedrichshafen, Germany
Flying the Zeppelin NT airship, Steve will target to improve his own existing speed record (set in 2 directions to eliminate the effect of tailwinds)
February 2006: USA / Round
The World / UK
FAI World Record Attempt – Distance Without Landing or Re-fuelling
Flying the single-engine Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer research jet in which he achieved the first solo, non-stop round the world flight early in 2005
(in 67 hours), Steve next targets the 40,000+ kms absolute distance record
Steve will take off from NASA’s Space Shuttle base in Florida, USA, flying round the world - and then some - before completing his mission in the UK
SAILING
Brian Thompson Sailing
The Velux 5-Oceans Race - round the world solo sailing race. Title and support sponsorship opportunities
October 2006 – March 2007: Bilbao – Perth – Miami – Bilbao
Britain’s leading multi-hull sailor
and setter of numerous World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC) records since 1993, Brian Thompson is most recently the winning skipper on the $1 million Oryx Quest 2005 round the world race
Entering the Velux 5 Oceans.
In 2006 Brian will be a leading entrant in this, the original single-handed round the world race - starting in Bilbao, Spain in October 2006 with stop overs in Perth, W. Australia (December 2006) and Miami (February 2007), finishing again in Bilbao in March 2007
Sailing in a top category Open 60 monohull
We seek title and support sponsors to join this adventure - offering major global media coverage, exceptional VIP opportunities at all three stopover sites, and the extraordinary chance to spend time sailing alongside Brian in the race boat itself at all three sites
EVENTS
The ULTIMATE corporate sailing day
Cowes, Isle of Wight - ‘Round The Island Record’ record attempt. An official attempt with skipper Brian Thompson on a racing Open 60. Share the adventure as full crew member on Brian Thompson’s Velux 5-Oceans Race Open 60 at Cowes, Isle of Wight, targeting the official WSSRC ‘Round The Island Record’

See our special events page for:
‘Climb Mount Everest’ motivation day with Sir Chris Bonington CBE
THRUST’ motivation day with Richard Noble OBE
‘No Latitude for Error’ motivation with record breaking skipper Brian Thompson

Plus ‘Ultimate Adventures’ from the Siberia-Mongolia Trailblazer Challenge to Drive Panamericana to Sail Antarctica