Financed by one hell of a Brit -- not to take away from the record. You'd think American corps would get on board with this sort of thing is all I'm saying. We'd have more records still.
The company that made the engine is Williams International, a privately owened American company. The man that designed the plane is Burt Ruttan, an American. His company, Scaled Composites, is the one who built Space Ship One and the Global Flyer. And Fossett is nuthin' but All American. The Brit is a long time associate of both men, and has put his life in their very hands on more than one occasion. He couldn't fund something like this in the good ole UK, so he came here.