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  1. Steve Fossett was well known for his world records and adventures in balloons, sailboats, gliders, and powered aircraft. He was an aviator of exceptional breadth of experience.

  2. Oct 2, 2008 · MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — A day after discovering the wreckage of the plane flown by the millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett when he disappeared 13 months ago, investigators said Thursday that...

  3. Jun 3, 2024 · Steve Fossett was an American businessman and adventurer who set a number of world records, most notably in aviation and sailing. In 2002, he became the first balloonist to circumnavigate the world alone, and in 2005 he completed the first nonstop solo global flight in an airplane. Fossett grew up.

  4. Feb 16, 2008 · Steve Fossett, the wealthy, record-setting adventurer who for years blithely sailed, soared and drove through all manner of danger before disappearing in September during what was meant to be a...

  5. A Successful Businessman and Adventurer. Traveler James Stephen Fossett, much better referred to as Steve Fossett, was born upon April 22, 1944, in Jackson, Tennessee however matured in Garden Grove, California. Fossett finished from Stanford University and got a master’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis.

  6. HISTORY. When Steve Fossett Became the Magellan of the Skies. Ten years ago, the pioneering adventurer took off in pursuit of a new record in circumnavigation. William Hasley. March 2015. From...

  7. Feb 21, 2008 · Steve Fossett, adventurer and record-breaker, was declared dead on February 15th, aged 63. Feb 21st 2008 |. THE aircraft in which Steve Fossett took off from the Flying M ranch in Nevada on...

  8. Dec 23, 2008 · James Stephen Fossett was an aviator, one of the greatest of the modern era. The son of a Procter & Gamble soap-production supervisor, Fossett spent the first half of his adulthood amassing...

  9. Sep 3, 2007 · Steve Fossett Made the first solo balloon flight across the Pacific ocean, starting in Seoul, Korea, and landing in Saskatchewan, Canada, setting an absolute world distance record of almost 5,500 miles.

  10. www.smithsonianmag.com › air-space-magazine › steve-fossett-1944/2007/29680655Steve Fossett (1944-2007) | Smithsonian

    Mar 1, 2008 · In February 15, pilot-adventurer Steve Fossett was declared legally dead by a Chicago judge five months after he disappeared in his single-engine Bellanca Citabria Super Decathlon.