The Global Explorer has an unusually deep and wide fuselage design with many glazed areas, and accommodation at the rear for sleeping and other purposes.

For added strength, the high-set wings are each supported by brace structures from the side fuselage and from the lower sponsons.

After a take off with the lift spoilers "on", the plane hit the trees and crashed near Port McNeill, British Columbia.

[3] The Explorer 2 (N376LC), painted in yellow, has been used by Canal + for the French show Dans la nature with Stéphane Peyron, with the name "L'Avion", in the exploration and filming of a wide variety of locations including Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Argentina's Tierra del Fuego and Bolivia.

It can be readily stripped down and shipped by sea to required locations and can carry and accommodate seven persons overnight.