Steve Fossett
(1944-2007)
American businessman, aviator, sailor, and adventurer
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James Stephen Fossett (April 22, 1944 – September 3, 2007) 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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22 April 1944 Jackson, Tennessee, USA
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3 September 2007 (aged 63) Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, U.S.
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