Steve fossett biography wikipedia

American employer, aviator, seaman, and adventuress (1944–2007)

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Steve Fossett

Steve Fossett
Fossett in 2006
Born	James Stephen Fossett April 22, 1944(1944-04-22) Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	c. September 3, 2007(2007-09-03) (aged 63) Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Plane crash
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Washington University in St. Louis Stanford University
Known for	commodities trading, aviation, sailing, setting 115 new world records/world firsts, and adventuring

James Stephen Fossett (April 22, 1944 – c. September 3, 2007) was an Americanbusinessman, and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer. He was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon. He made his fortune in the financial services industry, and was best known for many world records, including five nonstop circumnavigations of the Earth: as a long-distance solo balloonist, as a sailor, and as a solo flight fixed-wing aircraft pilot.

A fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Explorers Club, Fossett set 116 records in five different sports, 60 of which still stood when he disappeared.^[1]

On September 3, 2007, Fossett was reported missing after the plane he was flying over the Nevada desert failed to return.^[2] Despite a m

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Fossett, Steve

Biography

American billionaire and adventurer, a record-breaking aviator, balloonist and sailor, accomplished mountain-climber, tri-athlete and swimmer. With 116 record-setting achievements to his name, Fossett was the first person to fly a solo, nonstop flight around the world, a trip financed by Virgin Atlantic's founder Richard Branson. Taking off from Salina, Kansas on Monday, February 28, 2005, Fossett landed at 2:49 PM ET (according to CNN) on March 3, 2005 at the same airfield. He had spent 67 hours in the air. By 2005 he had racked up world records in five sports - balloons, sailboats, gliders, airships and powered aircraft.

Among the aviation records he holds is his feat as first solo balloonist to circumnavigate the world in a balloon. He set the record on July 4, 2002 after completing the 13-day, 12-hour and five-minute trip on which he achieved record speed and set the record for distance traveled in a single day. The trip marked his sixth attempt to fly around the world in a balloon.

Fossett has more than ten world records for flight, including a record for the number of transcontinental flights in the US and Australia. At 742 miles per hour, he achieved the fastest speed ever for a non-supersonic plane, and he and a partner set nine recor