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	The My Hero Project - Steve Fossett
		Fossett has donated the gondola of his balloon to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. I didn't think it was that big a deal.
		Steve Fossett explained that his hero "never lost a member of his team - and in later years was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize." Fridtjof Nansen was born in Norway in 1861 and died in 1930.
		Steve Fossett is a fellow of the Explorers Club, The Royal Geographical Society and an Honorary Member of The Adventurers Club.
	myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=stevefossett (1283 words)

	Steve Fossett Summary
		Steve Fossett (born April 22, 1944, in Jackson, Tennessee) is a United States aviator and adventurer known for his appetite to set world records.
		Fossett, who made his fortune in American financial markets, is best known for his five world record non-stop circumnavigations of the Earth: as a long-distance solo balloonist, as a sailor, and as a solo airplane pilot.
		On July 2, 2005, Fossett and co-pilot Mark Rebholz re-created the first nonstop crossing of the Atlantic which was made by the British team of John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown in June 1919 in a Vickers Vimy bi-plane.
	www.bookrags.com /Steve_Fossett (1559 words)

	The My Hero Project - Steve Fossett
		Fossett has donated the gondola of his balloon to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. I didn't think it was that big a deal.
		Steve Fossett explained that his hero "never lost a member of his team - and in later years was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize." Fridtjof Nansen was born in Norway in 1861 and died in 1930.
		Steve Fossett is a fellow of the Explorers Club, The Royal Geographical Society and an Honorary Member of The Adventurers Club.
	www.myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=stevefossett (1259 words)

	Steve Fossett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Steve Fossett (born April 22, 1944, in Jackson, Tennessee) is a United States aviator and adventurer known for his appetite to set world records.
		Fossett is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and The Explorers Club.
		Fossett is a member of the National Executive Board of Boy Scouts of America, and a former member of the World Scout Committee.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steve_Fossett (1539 words)

	Solo Spirit / Steve Fossett: About the Flight: Flight Record (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Steve Fossett's Solo Spirit is located 225 miles east of Bermuda and about 800 miles southeast of Washington, D.C. He is travelling 80 miles per hour at an altitude of 22,000 feet.
		Steve Fossett's Solo Spirit is located 70 miles southeast of Bermuda at an altitude of 22,000 feet, traveling at 80 miles per hour.
		Steve Fossett's balloon Solo Spirit is located 650 miles east of Savannah, Georgia, headed eastward at 68 miles per hour at an altitude of 22,000 feet.
	www.wustl.edu /1997-99web/solo/record.html (3438 words)

	Steve Fossett Biography (Adventurer/Business Personality) — FactMonster.com
		In 2002 Steve Fossett became the first person to fly around the world alone, nonstop, in a balloon.
		Fossett is a millionaire businessman-turned-adventurer who is especially known for his record-breaking balloon flights: in 1995 he made the first solo crossing of the Pacific Ocean.
		Fossett tried and failed to become the first to circle the globe nonstop in a multi-person balloon; his attempts included a 1998 flight with British businessman Richard Branson which ended with the craft ditching in the Pacific near Hawaii.
	www.factmonster.com /biography/var/stevefossett.html (496 words)

	Adventurer Steve Fossett breaks world flight distance record (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Adveturer Steve Fossett is helped out of the aircraft upon landing after declaring an emergency after a loss of electrical power at Bournemouth, England, Saturday.
		Fossett was forced to drink a large part of his water supply earlier than planned because of the heat, his flight team said.
		Fossett already holds the record for flying solo around the globe in a balloon and for being the first person to circle the globe solo in a plane without stopping or refuelling.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/world/060211/w021146.html (465 words)

	Daredevil Steve Fossett plans assault on land speed record - iht,america,US Steve Fossett - Americas - International ...
		Fossett, during a luncheon Wednesday at the Denver Press Club while promoting his autobiography "Chasing the Wind," said he plans to smash the 763 mph (1228 kph) record, rocketing up to 800 mph (1287 kph) in a jet-powered vehicle on a Nevada dry lake bed sometime next year.
		Fossett says he is seeking a title sponsor, and is arranging television documentary and publishing rights.
		Fossett has an international reputation for his record-setting sailboating, flying non-stop around the world, and solo ballooning exploits.
	iht.com /articles/ap/2006/10/19/america/NA_GEN_US_Steve_Fossett.php (291 words)

	Moran (KS01) - Speeches - Congratulating Pilot Steve Fossett and the Community of Salina, Kansas
		Steve Fossett flew the first solo, non-stop, non-refueled aerial circumnavigation of the globe in a jet aircraft, completing the record-setting flight in 67 hours and one minute, with an average speed of nearly 300 miles per hour.
		Fossett encountered several obstacles during his flight, including the failure of his plane’s navigation system and the discovery of a fuel shortage.
		Fossett and the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, especially the talented and dedicated staff of Dr. Dennis Kuhlman, Dean of the College of Technology and Aviation at Kansas State University at Salina.
	www.house.gov /apps/list/speech/ks01_moran/speech030905GlobalFlyer.html (485 words)

	Solo Spirit
		Steve Fossett and his balloon, Solo Spirit, are part of a long and colorful history.
		As Steve Fossett attempts to make the first solo RTW, he is depending on a score of people on the ground to help make the mission safe and smooth.
		Steve Fossett, the pilot, is a Chicago businessman with a long list of adventures and world records to his credit, including many in ballooning.
	solospirit.wustl.edu /flight.html (1484 words)

	Biography of Steve Fossett
		Steve Fossett gained a BA from Stanford University in 1966, and an MBA from Washington University in 1968.
		Fossett also holds world speed records at gliding, but these pale beside the records he has amassed for airplane flying, which includes the fastest world record by a non-supersonic airplane (742.02mph).
		Fossett took the record in spite of a generator failure forcing him to make a mayday call and divert to Bournemouth.
	www.biogs.com /famous/fossett.html (439 words)

	Steve Fossett Challenges \| Home
		Although Fossett and Delore have set 11 of the 19 unlimited glider speed and distance records together, the 1250 Kilometer Triangle was a special target - and was particularly difficult to break because of the requirement to fly their unpowered glider at high speed over such a long distance.
		Steve's initial low-speed shakedown runs in August are planned to validate stability, handling, and safety systems starting at 200 mph; further runs in September and October will be used to expand the envelope towards much higher speeds - and to mount an assault on the absolute land speed record.
		Steve Fossett was at his Colorado, USA base when he got the news earlier today and immediately began to help with arrangements for the recovery of the boat and for crew members to return home.
	www.stevefossett.com /index.html?vb (2688 words)

	Aviation.com - Pilot Steve Fossett Breaks Flight Record
		Pilot Steve Fossett and the Virgin Atlantic Airways GlobalFlyer aircraft are set to begin their record-setting around the world flight from NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility.
		Pilot Steve Fossett lifts off from the runway in the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer aircraft as he attempts a record breaking flight from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006.
		Fossett's goal is a nearly 27,000-mile trip, once around the world and then across the Atlantic again, with a landing outside London.
	www.aviation.com /ap_060210_fossett_gf_update.html (380 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Pilot Steve Fossett lands in England, breaking world flight distance record
		Steve Fossett is helped out of the aircraft Saturday upon landing at Bournemouth, England, Saturday.
		Fossett, who declared an emergency after a loss of electrical power, completed the longest nonstop flight in aviation history, going 26,389 miles in about 76 hours.
		Fossett arrived at Kent International Airport on a private jet alongside the billionaire Virgin Atlantic owner Sir Richard Branson, where he was greeted by his wife, Peggy, and rapturous applause from the assembled crowd.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20060211-1404-fossettflight.html (782 words)

	STEVE FOSSETT AND VIRGIN ATLANTIC GLOBAL FLYER \| SIR FRANCIS CHICHESTER, DAME ELLEN MACARTHUR \| SOLAR COLA, COKE, ...
		Fossett, who will not be wearing a pressurised suit, will aim for an altitude at least 45,000ft (14km) above the planet's surface, and up to about 52,000ft (16km) - well above commercial airline traffic and weather systems.
		Fossett also will have an Iridium satellite phone and text messaging system, and, at times, a partner in the sky: his own high-speed Cessna Citation 10 jet.
		Steve Fossett, the 60 -year-old American millionaire and his crew of 12, sailed into the record books at around 1600 BST on Monday 5th April 2004.
	www.solarnavigator.net /steve_fossett_global_flyer.htm (1375 words)

	Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer : Steve Fossett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Steve Fossett is one of the world’s most accomplished adventurers.
		In 2002 Steve became the first person to achieve a solo balloon flight round the world after working towards the record for seven years.
		In total Steve has set 23 sailing records (13 still standing) as well as eight distance records - including his 2001 transatlantic record of four days and 17 hours in which he smashed the previous record by phenomenal 43 hours and 35 seconds.
	www.virginatlanticglobalflyer.com /Team/SteveFossett/index.jsp (715 words)

	Steve Fossett Challenges \| Home
		Steve talks directly (as always - is there any other way?) about his extraordinary life in business and sport, his motivations and goals, his many successes - as well as how he has dealt with both the challenges and failures along the way - building towards those successes.
		Fossett and Delore celebrated the finish by making low passes over the Ely, Nevada airport while releasing the water ballast from the 87 foot (26.5 meter) wings of their graceful ASH 25 glider.
		Steve's co-pilot was Paul Stroehle and official observers / timers for the German Aero Club representing the FAI were Uwe Schneider and Christian Michel.
	www.stevefossett.com (2688 words)

	Search continues for aviation adventurer Steve Fossett - CNN.com
		Fossett did not file a flight plan, which is not required on flights using visual navigation.
		Fossett is the first person to solo around the world in a balloon, and has broken numerous other flight records.
		Fossett was born in Jackson, Tennessee, but grew up in California, where he attended Stanford University, graduating with a degree in economics in 1966.
	www.cnn.com /2007/US/09/04/fossett.missing/index.html?eref=rss_topstories (1101 words)

	Wired Science - Wired Blogs
		With the disappearance of Steve Fossett calling to mind other great American adventurers, the Los Angeles Times has with nicely coincidental timing published a review of The Immortalists, David Friedman's new book of the strange partnership between aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh and Nobel Prize-winning doctor Alexis Carrel.
		As the search for missing adventurer Steve Fossett continues in the torturous desert ravines of Nevada, Reuters reports that his friend Richard Branson has contacted Google to see if the latest Google Earth satellite images contain clues to his whereabouts.
		Fossett is a manifestation of the American dream: he struck it rich and then used his wealth to support adventures that recall the devil-may-care gallantry of a century ago, when technological advances sent pilots at then-superhuman speeds across oceans and skies and horizons that still seemed vast and mysterious.
	blog.wired.com /wiredscience (2667 words)

	SPACE.com -- Pilot Steve Fossett Alters Course in Flight Record Attempt
		Pilot Steve Fossett is attempting to fly the GlobalFlyer aircraft seen here around the world in a record setting flight to begin at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
		Fossett originally planned to fly his lightweight experimental plane on a northeasterly path across the Atlantic that would allow Newfoundland to serve as an emergency landing site.
		Fossett was expected to make a crucial decision Friday night as he flew over Florida about whether to continue with his nearly 27,000-mile trip or abort.
	www.space.com /news/ap_060210_fossett_gf_update.html (448 words)

	Steve Fossett the Aviator\| StrangeBird Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer
		Steve's total flight time for the almost 20 000 mile journey, which began Sunday at sunset was approximately 66 hrs and 50 mins, an average speed of nearly 300 mph.
		To follow Steve Fossett and the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer - and for for all the latest media information, photos, video feed, route details, tracking, background and other information available from Mission Control and the VAGF Press Center - please go to www.virginatlanticglobalflyer.com.
		Pilot Steve Fossett is well known for his record-breaking adventures in balloons, sailboats, gliders and powered aircraft.
	www.strangebirds.com /Steve-Fossett.html (3950 words)

	RedOrbit - Space - Steve Fossett Alters Route in Aviation Quest
		Fossett originally planned to fly his lightweight experimental plane on a northeasterly path across the Atlantic that would allow Newfoundland to serve as an emergency landing site.
		Fossett was expected to make a crucial decision Friday night as he flew over Florida about whether to continue with his nearly 27,000-mile trip or abort.
		Winds were expected to be weak across the Atlantic, and Fossett lost about 750 pounds of fuel because of a leak during takeoff from the Kennedy Space Center, leaving no margin for error.
	www.redorbit.com /news/space/386216/steve_fossett_alters_route_in_aviation_quest/index.html (362 words)

	NOVA Online \| Balloon Race Around The World \| Steve Fossett Interview
		Will Steve Fossett's third attempt to be first to fly around the world non-stop in a balloon prove a charm for the mild-mannered American multi-millionaire and adventure addict?
		The initial long-shot underdog, Fossett's persistence and low-budget, incremental approach took him one-tenth of the way around the planet on his trouble-plagued first flight in 1996, nearly half way around on his impressive 1997 attempt, and makes him the odds-on favorite to go all the way this time.
		Fossett recently briefed NOVA on his past, present, and future adventures from his Colorado ski home.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/balloon/fossett.html (1497 words)

	Fossett Completes Record Flight - CBS News
		Fossett, 60, already holds many records as a balloonist, pilot and sailor, including the record for flying solo around the globe in a balloon.
		But Fossett played down the problem overnight, and he and his flight crew agreed to keep the GlobalFlyer in the air rather than abandon the attempt and land in Hawaii.
		Fossett's GlobalFlyer was designed by the same engineer who came up with the Voyager aircraft that first completed the around-the-world trip 19 years ago with two pilots aboard.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/03/03/tech/main677705.shtml (744 words)

	Global Flyer: Steve Fossett - Feature - Discovery Channel
		Not surprisingly, Steve Fossett is considered a national treasure in the US and is one of the country’s most outstanding living adventurers.
		Steve is a millionaire businessman, an accomplished jet pilot, a world-beating balloonist and one of the world’s fastest sailors.
		Steve doesn’t just set aviation records, but is also one of the best speed sailors in the world.
	www.discoverychannel.co.uk /best_of/global_flyer/steve_fossett/index.shtml (514 words)

	Modern Airships - Steve Fossett Speed Record Flight
		Steve Fossett breaks airship speed record with Zeppelin NT On Monday the 27th October 2004 the U.S. American adventurer Steve Fossett and his Co-Pilot Hans-Paul Stroehle set a new speed world record for airships.
		Fossett arranged with the Friedrichshafen airport that the runway could be used for the record attempt.
		In the beginning of October Fossett passed his flight examination and then was looking for a first attempt in the last week of October.
	www.modern-airships.info /en/zeppelin/fossett_record_2004.html (1200 words)

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