Steve Fossett
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican businessman, record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer
James Stephen Fossett was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer. He was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon and in a fixed-wing aircraft.
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Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer arriving at Kennedy Space Center in 2006, piloted by Fossett
Spirit of Freedom balloon gondola on display at the National Air and Space Museum
Fossett at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility seated in the GlobalFlyer cockpit
Fossett in 2006 before his record-breaking flight
A 1998 attempt at an around-the-world balloon flight by Fossett, Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand ends in the Pacific Ocean on December 25
Spirit of America Sonic Arrow at Wings Over the Rockies
Super Decathlon, similar to the plane Fossett was flying during his disappearanceAwards 4
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Gary LockeAlso won Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
Alexandr YakovlevAlso won FAI Gold Air Medal
Hormuzd RassamAlso won Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Richard BongAlso won National Aviation Hall of Fame
Robert J. FlahertyAlso won Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Eugene BullardAlso won National Aviation Hall of FameAbout this person
James Stephen Fossett was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer. He was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon and in a fixed-wing aircraft. He made his fortune in the financial services industry and held world records for five nonstop circumnavigations of the Earth: as a long-distance solo balloonist, as a sailor, and as a solo flight fixed-wing aircraft pilot.
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