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class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98" title="סטיב פוסט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סטיב פוסט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%95_%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="სტივ ფოსეტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სტივ ფოსეტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Fossett" title="Steve Fossett – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Steve Fossett" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Fossett" title="Steve Fossett – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Steve Fossett" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AA" title="ستيف فوسيت – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ستيف فوسيت" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Fossett" title="Steve Fossett – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Steve 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lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Steve Fossett" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Fossett" title="Steve Fossett – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Steve Fossett" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82,_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2" title="Фоссетт, Стив – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Фоссетт, Стив" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Fossett" title="Steve Fossett – Simple 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Steve_Fossett_1.jpg/220px-Steve_Fossett_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="326" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Steve_Fossett_1.jpg/330px-Steve_Fossett_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Steve_Fossett_1.jpg/440px-Steve_Fossett_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1228" data-file-height="1818" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Fossett in September 2002</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">James Stephen Fossett</div> (1944-04-22)April 22, 1944 <div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Tennessee" title="Jackson, Tennessee">Jackson, Tennessee</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 3, 2007(2007-09-03) (aged 63) <div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sierra Nevada (U.S.)">Sierra Nevada Mountains, California</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cause of death</th><td class="infobox-data">Plane crash</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Washington_University_in_St._Louis" title="Washington University in St. Louis">Washington University in St. Louis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">MBA</a>) <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>) <a href="/wiki/Garden_Grove_High_School" title="Garden Grove High School">Garden Grove High School</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">setting a large number of world records as an adventurer, sailor and aviator</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Peggy Viehland</td></tr></tbody></table> 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 <a href="/wiki/Fixed-wing_aircraft" title="Fixed-wing aircraft">fixed-wing aircraft</a>. He made his fortune in the financial services industry and held <a href="/wiki/World_record" title="World record">world records</a> for five nonstop <a href="/wiki/List_of_circumnavigations" title="List of circumnavigations">circumnavigations</a> of the Earth: as a long-distance solo <a href="/wiki/Hot_air_balloon" title="Hot air balloon">balloonist</a>, as a <a href="/wiki/Sailor" title="Sailor">sailor</a>, and as a solo flight fixed-wing aircraft <a href="/wiki/Aviator" class="mw-redirect" title="Aviator">pilot</a>. A fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Geographical_Society" title="Royal Geographical Society">Royal Geographical Society</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Explorers_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Explorers Club">Explorers Club</a>, Fossett set more than one hundred records[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification needed</a>] in five different sports, sixty of which still stood at the time of his death. He broke three of the seven absolute world records for fixed-wing aircraft recognized by the <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_A%C3%A9ronautique_Internationale" title="Fédération Aéronautique Internationale">Fédération Aéronautique Internationale</a>, all in his <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Atlantic_GlobalFlyer" title="Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer">Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer</a>.<a href="#cite_note-RecordsFAI-1">[1]</a> In 2002, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Aero Club of the UK,<a href="#cite_note-telegraphJune2007-2">[2]</a> and was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/National_Aviation_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Aviation Hall of Fame">National Aviation Hall of Fame</a> in 2007. Fossett disappeared on September 3, 2007, while flying a light aircraft over the <a href="/wiki/Great_Basin_Desert" title="Great Basin Desert">Great Basin Desert</a>, between Nevada and California. Fossett's plane was discovered wrecked in 2008. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early years">edit</a>]</div> Fossett was born in <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Tennessee" title="Jackson, Tennessee">Jackson, Tennessee</a> and grew up in <a href="/wiki/Garden_Grove,_California" title="Garden Grove, California">Garden Grove, California</a>, where he graduated from <a href="/wiki/Garden_Grove_High_School" title="Garden Grove High School">Garden Grove High School</a>.<a href="#cite_note-telegraphJune2007-2">[2]</a> Fossett's interest in adventure began early. As a <a href="/wiki/Boy_Scout" class="mw-redirect" title="Boy Scout">Boy Scout</a>, he grew up climbing the mountains of California, beginning with the <a href="/wiki/San_Jacinto_Mountains" title="San Jacinto Mountains">San Jacinto Mountains</a>.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> "When I was 12 years old I climbed my first mountain, and I just kept going, taking on more diverse and grander projects."<a href="#cite_note-cnnstory-4">[4]</a> Fossett said that he did not have a natural gift for athletics or team sports, so he focused on activities that required persistence and endurance.<a href="#cite_note-stanfordalumni-5">[5]</a> His father, an <a href="/wiki/Eagle_Scout_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)">Eagle Scout</a>, encouraged Fossett to pursue these types of adventures and encouraged him to become involved with the Boy Scouts early.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> He became an active member of Troop 170 in Orange, California. At age 13,<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> Fossett earned the Boy Scouts' highest rank of Eagle Scout.<a href="#cite_note-boyscoutsPR-6">[6]</a> He was a Vigil Honor member of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Arrow" title="Order of the Arrow">Order of the Arrow</a>, the Boy Scouts' honor society, where he served as lodge chief.<a href="#cite_note-boyscoutsPR-6">[6]</a> He also worked as a <a href="/wiki/Philmont_Scout_Ranch#Ranger_Department" title="Philmont Scout Ranch">Ranger</a> at <a href="/wiki/Philmont_Scout_Ranch" title="Philmont Scout Ranch">Philmont Scout Ranch</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a> during the summer of 1961.<a href="#cite_note-Eagletter_Winter_2007-7">[7]</a> Fossett said in 2006 that <a href="/wiki/Scouting" title="Scouting">Scouting</a> was the most important activity of his youth.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> In college at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a>, Fossett was already known as an adventurer; his <a href="/wiki/Sigma_Alpha_Epsilon" title="Sigma Alpha Epsilon">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a> <a href="/wiki/Student_society" title="Student society">fraternity</a> brothers convinced him to swim to <a href="/wiki/Alcatraz" class="mw-redirect" title="Alcatraz">Alcatraz</a> and raise a banner that read "Beat <a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Bears" title="California Golden Bears">Cal</a>" on the wall of the prison, closed two years previously. He made the swim, but was thwarted by a security guard when he arrived.<a href="#cite_note-stanfordalumni-5">[5]</a> While at Stanford, Fossett was a student body officer and served as the president of a few clubs.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words">which?</a>] In 1966, Fossett graduated from Stanford with a degree in economics.<a href="#cite_note-cnnstory2-8">[8]</a> Fossett spent the following summer in Europe climbing mountains and swimming the <a href="/wiki/Dardanelles" title="Dardanelles">Dardanelles</a>.<a href="#cite_note-stanfordalumni-5">[5]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business_career">Business career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Business career">edit</a>]</div> In 1968, Fossett received an MBA from the <a href="/wiki/Olin_Business_School" title="Olin Business School">Olin School of Business</a> at <a href="/wiki/Washington_University_in_St._Louis" title="Washington University in St. Louis">Washington University in St. Louis</a>, Missouri, where he was later a longtime member of the Board of Trustees.<a href="#cite_note-stlpostdispatch-9">[9]</a> Fossett's first job out of business school was with <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a>; he then served as a consultant for <a href="/wiki/Deloitte_and_Touche" class="mw-redirect" title="Deloitte and Touche">Deloitte and Touche</a>, and later accepted a job with <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Field%27s" title="Marshall Field's">Marshall Field's</a>. Fossett later said, "For the first five years of my business career, I was distracted by being in computer systems, and then I became interested in financial markets. That's where I thrived."<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> Fossett then became a successful <a href="/wiki/Commodity_broker" title="Commodity broker">commodities salesman</a> in Chicago, first for <a href="/wiki/Merrill_Lynch" class="mw-redirect" title="Merrill Lynch">Merrill Lynch</a> in 1973, where he proved a highly successful producer of commission revenue for himself and that firm. He began working in 1976 for <a href="/wiki/Drexel_Burnham" class="mw-redirect" title="Drexel Burnham">Drexel Burnham</a>, which assigned him one of its memberships on the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Board_of_Trade" title="Chicago Board of Trade">Chicago Board of Trade</a> and permitted him to market the services of the firm from a phone on the floor of that exchange. In 1980, Fossett began the process that eventually produced his enduring prosperity: renting exchange memberships to would-be floor traders, first on the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Board_Options_Exchange" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Board Options Exchange">Chicago Board Options Exchange</a>.<a href="#cite_note-stanfordalumni-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-USAToday2006-10">[10]</a> After fifteen years of working for other companies,<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> Fossett founded his own firms, Marathon Securities and Lakota Trading, from which he made millions renting exchange memberships.<a href="#cite_note-telegraphJune2007-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-cnnstory2-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-foxnews-11">[11]</a> He founded Lakota Trading for that purpose in 1980.<a href="#cite_note-cnnstory3-12">[12]</a> In the early 1980s,<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> he founded Marathon Securities and extended that successful formula to memberships on the New York stock exchanges. He earned millions renting <a href="/wiki/Floor_trading" class="mw-redirect" title="Floor trading">floor trading</a> privileges (exchange memberships) to hopeful new floor traders, who also paid clearing fees to Fossett's clearing firms in proportion to the trading activity of those renting the memberships. In 1997, the trading volume of its rented memberships was larger than any other clearing firm on the Chicago exchange.<a href="#cite_note-stanfordalumni-5">[5]</a> Lakota Trading replicated that same business plan on many exchanges in the United States and also in London.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> Fossett later used those revenues to finance his adventures.<a href="#cite_note-telegraphJune2007-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-cnnstory2-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-foxnews-11">[11]</a> Fossett said, "As a floor trader, I was very aggressive and worked hard. Those same traits help me in adventure sports."<a href="#cite_note-stanfordalumni-5">[5]</a> Fossett said he did not participate in any of the "interesting things" he had done in college during his time in exchange-related activities: "There was a period of time where I wasn't doing anything except working for a living. I became very frustrated with that and finally made up my mind to start getting back into things."<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> He began to take six weeks a year off to spend time on sports and moved to <a href="/wiki/Beaver_Creek,_Colorado" title="Beaver Creek, Colorado">Beaver Creek, Colorado</a> in 1990. Fossett later sold most of his business interests,<a href="#cite_note-telegraphJune2007-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-yachtsman-13">[13]</a> although he maintained an office in Chicago until 2006.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life">edit</a>]</div> In 1968, Fossett married Peggy Fossett (née Viehland), who was originally from <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Heights,_Missouri" title="Richmond Heights, Missouri">Richmond Heights, Missouri</a>.<a href="#cite_note-stlpostdispatch-9">[9]</a> They had no children.<a href="#cite_note-cnnstory3-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-aviationweek-14">[14]</a> The Fossetts had homes in <a href="/wiki/Beaver_Creek,_Colorado" title="Beaver Creek, Colorado">Beaver Creek, Colorado</a> and Chicago, and a vacation home in <a href="/wiki/Carmel,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Carmel, California">Carmel, California</a>.<a href="#cite_note-stanfordalumni-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-stlpostdispatch-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-yachtsman-13">[13]</a> Fossett was friends with billionaire <a href="/wiki/Richard_Branson" title="Richard Branson">Richard Branson</a>, whose <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Group" title="Virgin Group">Virgin Group</a> sponsored some of Fossett's adventures.<a href="#cite_note-telegraphJune2007-2">[2]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Records">Records</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Records">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Overview">Overview</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Overview">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Globalflyer_landing_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Globalflyer_landing_cropped.jpg/220px-Globalflyer_landing_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Globalflyer_landing_cropped.jpg/330px-Globalflyer_landing_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Globalflyer_landing_cropped.jpg/440px-Globalflyer_landing_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2460" data-file-height="1640" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Atlantic_GlobalFlyer" title="Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer">Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer</a> arriving at <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a> in 2006, piloted by Fossett</figcaption></figure> 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. He wanted to become the first person to achieve a solo <a href="/wiki/Balloon_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Balloon (aircraft)">balloon</a> flight around the world (finally succeeding on his sixth attempt, in 2002, becoming the first person to complete an uninterrupted and unrefueled solo <a href="/wiki/Circumnavigation" title="Circumnavigation">circumnavigation</a> of the world in any kind of aircraft). He set, with co-pilot Terry Delore, 10 of the 21 Glider Open records, including the first 2,000 km Out-and-Return, the first 1,500 km Triangle and the longest Straight Distance flights. His achievements as a jet pilot in a <a href="/wiki/Cessna_Citation_X" title="Cessna Citation X">Cessna Citation X</a> include records for U.S. Transcontinental, Australia Transcontinental, and Round-the-World westbound non-supersonic flights.<a href="#cite_note-eagletter-15">[15]</a> Prior to Fossett's aviation records, no pilot had held world records in more than one class of aircraft; Fossett held them in four classes.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> In 2005, Fossett made the first solo, nonstop unrefueled circumnavigation of the world in an airplane, in 67 hours in the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Atlantic_GlobalFlyer" title="Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer">Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer</a>, a single-engine jet aircraft. In 2006, he again circumnavigated the globe nonstop and unrefueled in 76 hours, 45 minutes in the GlobalFlyer, setting the record for the longest flight by any aircraft in history with a distance of 25,766 statute miles (41,467 km).<a href="#cite_note-telegraphJune2007-2">[2]</a> He set 91 aviation world records ratified by <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_A%C3%A9ronautique_Internationale" title="Fédération Aéronautique Internationale">Fédération Aéronautique Internationale</a>, of which 36 stand,<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> plus 23 sailing world records ratified by the <a href="/wiki/World_Sailing_Speed_Record_Council" title="World Sailing Speed Record Council">World Sailing Speed Record Council</a>. On August 29, 2006, he set the world altitude record for gliders over <a href="/wiki/El_Calafate" title="El Calafate">El Calafate</a>, Argentina at 15,460 metres (50,720 ft).<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Balloon_pilot">Balloon pilot</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Balloon pilot">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spirit-of-Freedom-Ballon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Spirit-of-Freedom-Ballon.jpg/287px-Spirit-of-Freedom-Ballon.jpg" decoding="async" width="287" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Spirit-of-Freedom-Ballon.jpg/431px-Spirit-of-Freedom-Ballon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Spirit-of-Freedom-Ballon.jpg/574px-Spirit-of-Freedom-Ballon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Spirit_of_Freedom_(balloon)" title="Spirit of Freedom (balloon)">Spirit of Freedom</a> balloon gondola on display at the <a href="/wiki/National_Air_and_Space_Museum" title="National Air and Space Museum">National Air and Space Museum</a></figcaption></figure> On February 21, 1995, Fossett landed in <a href="/wiki/Leader,_Saskatchewan" title="Leader, Saskatchewan">Leader, Saskatchewan</a>, Canada, after taking off from <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>, becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a <a href="/wiki/Balloon_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Balloon (aircraft)">balloon</a>.<a href="#cite_note-apachievements-18">[18]</a> In 2002, he became the first person to fly around the world alone, nonstop in any kind of aircraft. He launched the 10-story high balloon <a href="/wiki/Spirit_of_Freedom_(balloon)" title="Spirit of Freedom (balloon)">Spirit of Freedom</a> from <a href="/wiki/Northam,_Western_Australia" title="Northam, Western Australia">Northam, Western Australia</a> on June 19, 2002 and returned to Australia on July 3, 2002, subsequently landing in <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>. Duration and distance of this solo balloon flight was 13 days, 8 hours, 33 minutes (14 days 19 hours 50 minutes to landing), 20,626.48 statute miles (33,195.10 km).<a href="#cite_note-apachievements-18">[18]</a> The balloon dragged him along the ground for 20 minutes at the end of the flight. Only the capsule survived the landing; it was taken to the <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution" title="Smithsonian Institution">Smithsonian Institution</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, where it was displayed.<a href="#cite_note-smithsonian_freedom_capsule-19">[19]</a> The control center for the mission was in <a href="/wiki/Brookings_Hall" title="Brookings Hall">Brookings Hall</a> at <a href="/wiki/Washington_University_in_St._Louis" title="Washington University in St. Louis">Washington University in St. Louis</a>.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> Fossett's top speed during the flight was 186 miles per hour (299 km/h) over the Indian Ocean. The trip set a number of records for ballooning: Fastest (200 miles per hour (320 km/h), breaking his own previous record of 166 miles per hour (270 km/h)), Fastest Around the World (13.5 days), Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon (20,482.26 miles (32,963.00 km)), and 24-Hour Balloon Distance (3,186.80 miles (5,128.66 km) on July 1).<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> While Fossett had financed five previous tries himself, his successful record-setting flight was sponsored by <a href="/wiki/Bud_Light" class="mw-redirect" title="Bud Light">Bud Light</a>.<a href="#cite_note-smithsonian_freedom_capsule-19">[19]</a> In the end, Fossett actually made money on all his balloon flights. He bought a contingency insurance policy for $500,000 that would pay him $3 million if he succeeded in the flight. Along with sponsorship, that payout meant that in the end Fossett did not have to spend any of his money other than for initial expenses.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sailor">Sailor</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sailor">edit</a>]</div> Fossett was one of <a href="/wiki/Sailing_ship_tactics" title="Sailing ship tactics">sailing's</a> most prolific distance record holders. Speed sailing was his specialty and from 1993 to 2004 he dominated the record sheets, setting 23 official world records and nine distance race records. He is recognized by the World Sailing Speed Record Council as "the world's most accomplished speed sailor".<a href="#cite_note-telegraphJune2007-2">[2]</a> On the maxi-catamaran <a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_(catamaran)" title="Cheyenne (catamaran)">Cheyenne</a> (formerly named PlayStation), Fossett twice set the prestigious <a href="/wiki/24_hours_distance_record" class="mw-redirect" title="24 hours distance record">24 Hour Record of Sailing</a>. In October 2001, Fossett and his crew set a <a href="/wiki/Transatlantic_sailing_record" title="Transatlantic sailing record">transatlantic record</a> of 4 days 17 hours, shattering the previous record by 43 hours 35 minutes; an increase in average speed of nearly seven knots. In early 2004, Fossett, as skipper, set the <a href="/wiki/Around_the_world_sailing_record" title="Around the world sailing record">Around the world sailing record</a> of 58 days, 9 hours in Cheyenne with a crew of 13. In 2007, Fossett held the world record for crossing the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> in his 125-foot (38 m) sailboat, the PlayStation, which he accomplished on his fourth try.<a href="#cite_note-stanfordalumni-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-yachtsman-13">[13]</a> Complete Summary of Sailing Records<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> 13 Outright World Records: <ul><li>Round Ireland 44 h 42 min 20 s Sep 1993</li> <li>Hawaii-Japan 13 d 20 h 9 min July-Aug 1995</li> <li>Pacific Ocean East to West 16 d 17 h 21 min Aug 1995</li> <li>Newport-Bermuda 1 d 14 h 35 min 53 s Jan 2000</li> <li>Miami-New York 2 d 5 h 54 min 42 s May 2001</li> <li>TransAtlantic 4 d 17 h 28 min 6 s (25.78 kn) Oct 2001</li> <li>Isle of Wight 2 h 33 min 55 s Nov 2001</li> <li>Fastnet Course 35 h 17 min 14 s Mar 2002</li> <li>Plymouth-LaRochelle 16 h 41 min 40 s Apr 2002</li> <li>TransMed (Marseilles-Carthage) 18 h 46 min 48 s May 2002</li> <li>Round Britain & Ireland 4 d 16 h 9 min 36 s Oct 2002</li> <li>TransAt-Discovery Route 9 d 13 h 30 min 18 s Feb 2003</li> <li>Round the World 58 d 9 h 32 min 45 s Feb-April 2004</li></ul> 2 Singlehanded World Records: <ul><li>Pacific Ocean (Yokohama-SF)-World 20 d 9 h 52 min Aug 1996</li> <li>Newport-Bermuda-World 40 h 51 min 54 s Jun 1999</li></ul> 9 Race Records: <ul><li>Long Beach-Cabo San Lucas 3 d 2 h 59 min Nov 1995</li> <li>Swiftsure 14 h 35 min 29 s May 1997</li> <li>Windjammers (SF-Santa Cruz) 4 h 41 min 2 s Aug 1997</li> <li>San Diego-Puerto Vallarta 62 h 20 min 11 s Feb 1998</li> <li>Newport-Ensenada 6 h 46 min 40 s (18.45 kn) Apr 1998</li> <li>Chicago-Mackinac 18 h 50 min 32 s Jul 1998</li> <li>Pineapple Cup (Ft Lauderdale-Montego Bay) 2 d 20 h 8 min 5 s Feb 1999</li> <li>Round St. Martin (Heineken) 2 h 4 min 23 s Mar 2003</li></ul> Singlehanded Race Record: <ul><li>California-Hawaii (Singlehanded Transpac) – Race 7 d 22 h 38 min July 1998</li></ul> World Records set but later beaten: <ul><li>Isle of Wight 3 h 35 min 38 s Sep 1994</li> <li>Round Britain & Ireland 5 d 21 h 5 min 27 s Oct 1994</li> <li>Transpac 6 d 16 h 7 min 16 s July 1995</li> <li>Pacific Ocean Record (Crewed) 16 d 17 h 21 min 19 s Aug 1995</li> <li>24 Hour Record 580.23 nmi (24.18 kn) Mar 1999</li> <li>24 Hour Record 687.17 nmi (28.63 kn) Oct 2001</li> <li>Cowes-St. Malo 6 h 21 min 54 s Dec 2001</li></ul> At the time of his death a submarine, <a href="/wiki/DeepFlight_Challenger" title="DeepFlight Challenger">DeepFlight Challenger</a>, was under construction to enable Fossett to be the first solo submariner to reach the <a href="/wiki/Challenger_Deep" title="Challenger Deep">Challenger Deep</a>.<a href="#cite_note-KGO-2008-10-02-23">[23]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airship_pilot">Airship pilot</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Airship pilot">edit</a>]</div> Fossett set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships on October 27, 2004. The new record for fastest flight was accomplished with a <a href="/wiki/Zeppelin_NT" title="Zeppelin NT">Zeppelin NT</a>, at a recorded average speed of 62.2 knots (115.2 km/h; 71.6 mph). The previous record was 50.1 knots (92.8 km/h; 57.7 mph) set in 2001 in a Virgin airship. In 2006, Fossett was one of only 17 pilots in the world licensed to fly the Zeppelin.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fixed-wing_aircraft_pilot">Fixed-wing aircraft pilot</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Fixed-wing aircraft pilot">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Steve_Fossett_in_GlobalFlyer_cockpit_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Steve_Fossett_in_GlobalFlyer_cockpit_1.jpg/287px-Steve_Fossett_in_GlobalFlyer_cockpit_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="287" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Steve_Fossett_in_GlobalFlyer_cockpit_1.jpg/431px-Steve_Fossett_in_GlobalFlyer_cockpit_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Steve_Fossett_in_GlobalFlyer_cockpit_1.jpg/574px-Steve_Fossett_in_GlobalFlyer_cockpit_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Fossett at NASA Kennedy Space Center's <a href="/wiki/Shuttle_Landing_Facility" title="Shuttle Landing Facility">Shuttle Landing Facility</a> seated in the GlobalFlyer cockpit</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="GlobalFlyer">GlobalFlyer</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: GlobalFlyer">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fossett_before_globalflyer_flight_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Fossett_before_globalflyer_flight_cropped.jpg/200px-Fossett_before_globalflyer_flight_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Fossett_before_globalflyer_flight_cropped.jpg/300px-Fossett_before_globalflyer_flight_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Fossett_before_globalflyer_flight_cropped.jpg/400px-Fossett_before_globalflyer_flight_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="887" data-file-height="1330" /></a><figcaption>Fossett in 2006 before his record-breaking flight</figcaption></figure> Fossett made the first solo nonstop unrefueled fixed-wing aircraft flight around the world between February 28 and March 3, 2005. He took off from <a href="/wiki/Salina,_Kansas" title="Salina, Kansas">Salina, Kansas</a>, where he was assisted by faculty members and students from <a href="/wiki/Kansas_State_University" title="Kansas State University">Kansas State University</a>, and flew eastbound with the prevailing winds, returning to Salina after 67 hours, 1 minute, 10 seconds, without refueling or making intermediate landings. His average speed of 342.2 mph (550.7 km/h) was also the absolute world record for "speed around the world, nonstop and non-refueled." His aircraft, the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Atlantic_GlobalFlyer" title="Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer">Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer</a>, had a <a href="/wiki/Carbon_fiber_reinforced_plastic" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbon fiber reinforced plastic">carbon fiber reinforced plastic</a> airframe with a single <a href="/wiki/Williams_FJ44" title="Williams FJ44">Williams FJ44</a> turbofan engine. It was designed and built by <a href="/wiki/Burt_Rutan" title="Burt Rutan">Burt Rutan</a> and his company, <a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites" title="Scaled Composites">Scaled Composites</a>, for long-distance solo flight. The <a href="/wiki/Fuel_fraction" title="Fuel fraction">fuel fraction</a>, the weight of the fuel divided by the weight of the aircraft at take-off, was 83 percent.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> On February 11, 2006, Fossett set the absolute world record for "distance without landing" by flying from the <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a>, Florida, around the world eastbound, then upon returning to Florida continuing across the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic">Atlantic</a> a second time to land in <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth" title="Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a>, England. The official distance was 25,766 statute miles (41,467 km) and the duration was 76 hours 45 minutes. The next month, Fossett made a third flight around the world in order to break the absolute record for "Distance over a closed circuit without landing" (with takeoff and landing at the same airport). He took off from Salina, Kansas on March 14, 2006 and returned on March 17, 2006 after flying 25,262 statute miles (40,655 km). There are only seven absolute world records for fixed-wing aircraft recognized by the <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_A%C3%A9ronautique_Internationale" title="Fédération Aéronautique Internationale">Fédération Aéronautique Internationale</a> and Fossett broke three of them in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer.<a href="#cite_note-RecordsFAI-1">[1]</a> All three records were previously held by <a href="/wiki/Dick_Rutan" title="Dick Rutan">Dick Rutan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeana_Yeager" title="Jeana Yeager">Jeana Yeager</a> from their flight in the <a href="/wiki/Rutan_Voyager" title="Rutan Voyager">Voyager</a> in 1986. Fossett contributed the GlobalFlyer to the <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution" title="Smithsonian Institution">Smithsonian Institution</a>'s permanent collection.<a href="#cite_note-npr2007-27">[27]</a> It is on display at the <a href="/wiki/Udvar-Hazy_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Udvar-Hazy Center">Udvar-Hazy Center</a> of the Smithsonian's <a href="/wiki/National_Air_and_Space_Museum" title="National Air and Space Museum">National Air and Space Museum</a>.<a href="#cite_note-si_globalflyer_permanent_display-28">[28]</a> Fossett flew the plane to the Center and taxied the plane to the front door.<a href="#cite_note-airport_journal_globalflyer_udvar_delivery-29">[29]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Transcontinental_aircraft_records">Transcontinental aircraft records</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Transcontinental aircraft records">edit</a>]</div> Fossett set two U.S. transcontinental fixed-wing aircraft records in the same day. On February 5, 2003, Fossett and co-pilot Doug Travis flew his <a href="/wiki/Cessna_Citation_X" title="Cessna Citation X">Cessna Citation X</a> jet from <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, California to <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston, South Carolina</a> in 2 hours, 56 minutes, 20 seconds, at an average speed of 726.83 mph (1,169.72 km/h) to smash the transcontinental record for non-supersonic jets.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> He returned to San Diego, then flew the same course as co-pilot for fellow adventurer <a href="/wiki/Joe_Ritchie" title="Joe Ritchie">Joe Ritchie</a> in Ritchie's turboprop <a href="/wiki/Piaggio_Avanti" class="mw-redirect" title="Piaggio Avanti">Piaggio Avanti</a>. Their time was 3 hours, 51 minutes, 52 seconds, an average speed of 546.44 mph (879.41 km/h), which broke the previous turboprop transcontinental record held by <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Yeager" title="Chuck Yeager">Chuck Yeager</a> and Renald Davenport.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> Fossett also set the east-to-west transcontinental record for non-supersonic fixed-wing aircraft on September 17, 2000. He flew from <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville, Florida</a> to San Diego, California in 3 hours, 29 minutes, at an average speed of 591.96 mph (952.67 km/h).<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="First_trans-Atlantic_flight_re-enactment">First trans-Atlantic flight re-enactment</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: First trans-Atlantic flight re-enactment">edit</a>]</div> On July 2, 2005, Fossett and co-pilot Mark Rebholz recreated the first nonstop crossing of the Atlantic which was made by the British team of <a href="/wiki/Alcock_and_Brown" class="mw-redirect" title="Alcock and Brown">John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown</a> in June 1919 in a <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vimy" title="Vickers Vimy">Vickers Vimy</a> biplane. Their flight from <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" title="St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador">St. John's, Newfoundland</a>, Canada to <a href="/wiki/Clifden" title="Clifden">Clifden</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Galway" title="County Galway">County Galway</a>, Ireland in the open cockpit Vickers Vimy replica took 18 hours 25 minutes with 13 hours flown in instrument flight conditions. Because there was no airport in Clifden, Fossett and Rebholz landed on the 8th fairway of the <a href="/wiki/Connemara" title="Connemara">Connemara</a> Golf Links.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Glider_records">Glider records</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Glider records">edit</a>]</div> The team of Steve Fossett and Terry Delore (NZ) set ten official world records in gliders while flying in three major locations: New Zealand, Argentina, and Nevada, United States. An asterisk (*) indicates records subsequently broken by other pilots. <ul><li>1,000 km Out-and-Return World Record* 166.46 km/h (103.43 mph), December 12, 2002.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a></li> <li>750 Kilometer Triangle World Record* 171.29 km/h (106.43 mph), July 29, 2003.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a></li> <li>1,250 Kilometer Triangle U.S. National Record 143.48 km/h (89.15 mph), July 30, 2003. Exceeded world record by 0.01 km/h.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a></li> <li>1,500 km Out-and-Return World Record* 156.61 km/h (97.31 mph), November 14, 2003.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a></li> <li>Out-and-Return Distance (Declared) World Record* 1,804.7 km, November 14, 2003.</li> <li>Out and Return Distance (Free) World Record* 2,002.44 km, November 14, 2003.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a></li> <li>500 Kilometer Triangle World Record* 187.12 km/h (116.27 mph), November 15, 2003.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a></li> <li>1,500 Kilometer Triangle World Record 119.11 km/h (74.01 mph), December 13, 2003.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a></li> <li>Triangle Distance (Declared) World Record* 1,502.6 km, December 13, 2003.</li> <li>Triangle Distance (Free) World Record* 1,509.7 km, December 13, 2003.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a></li> <li>Distance (Free) World Record 2,192.9 km, December 4, 2004.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a></li></ul> Fossett and co-pilot <a href="/wiki/Einar_Enevoldson" title="Einar Enevoldson">Einar Enevoldson</a> flew a glider into the <a href="/wiki/Stratosphere" title="Stratosphere">stratosphere</a> on August 29, 2006. The flight set the <a href="/wiki/Flight_altitude_record" title="Flight altitude record">Absolute Altitude Record</a> for gliders at 15,460 metres (50,720 ft).<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> Since the glider cockpit was unpressurized, the pilots wore full <a href="/wiki/Pressure_suit" title="Pressure suit">pressure suits</a> (similar to space suits) so that they would be able to fly to altitudes above 45,000 feet (14,000 m). Fossett and Enevoldson had made previous attempts in three countries over a period of five years before finally succeeding with this record flight. This endeavor is known as the <a href="/wiki/Perlan_Project" title="Perlan Project">Perlan Project</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cross-country_skiing">Cross-country skiing</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Cross-country skiing">edit</a>]</div> As a young adventurer, Fossett was one of the first participants in the <a href="/wiki/Worldloppet" class="mw-redirect" title="Worldloppet">Worldloppet</a>, a series of <a href="/wiki/Cross-country_skiing_(sport)" title="Cross-country skiing (sport)">cross-country ski</a> marathons around the world. While he had little experience as a skier, he was in the first group of 'citizen athletes' to participate in the series debut in 1979. And in 1980, he became the eighth skier to complete all 10 of the long distance races, earning a Worldloppet medallion. He has also set cross-country skiing records in Colorado, setting an <a href="/wiki/Aspen,_Colorado" title="Aspen, Colorado">Aspen</a> to <a href="/wiki/Vail,_Colorado" title="Vail, Colorado">Vail</a> record of 59 h, 53 min, 30 s in February 1998, and an Aspen to <a href="/wiki/Eagle,_Colorado" title="Eagle, Colorado">Eagle</a> record of 12 hr, 29 min in February 2001.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mountain_climbing">Mountain climbing</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Mountain climbing">edit</a>]</div> Fossett was a lifelong mountain climber and had climbed the highest peaks on six of the seven continents.<a href="#cite_note-stanfordalumni-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-foxnews-11">[11]</a> In the 1980s, he became friends with <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Morrow" title="Patrick Morrow">Patrick Morrow</a>, who was attempting to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents for the "<a href="/wiki/Seven_Summits" title="Seven Summits">Seven Summits</a>" world record, which Morrow achieved in 1985. Fossett accompanied Morrow for his last three peaks, including <a href="/wiki/Vinson_Massif" title="Vinson Massif">Vinson Massif</a> in Antarctica, <a href="/wiki/Carstensz_Pyramid" class="mw-redirect" title="Carstensz Pyramid">Carstensz Pyramid</a> in Oceania, and <a href="/wiki/Elbrus" class="mw-redirect" title="Elbrus">Elbrus</a> in Europe.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> While Fossett went on to climb almost all of the Seven Summits peaks himself, he declined to climb <a href="/wiki/Mount_Everest" title="Mount Everest">Mount Everest</a> in 1992 due to <a href="/wiki/Asthma" title="Asthma">asthma</a>.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> He later returned to Antarctica to climb again. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_accomplishments">Other accomplishments</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Other accomplishments">edit</a>]</div> Fossett competed in and completed premier endurance sports events, including the 1,165-mile (1,875 km) <a href="/wiki/Iditarod_Trail_Sled_Dog_Race" title="Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race">Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race</a>, in which he finished 47th on his second try in 1992 after training for five years. He became the 270th person to swim across the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> on his fourth try in September 1985 with a time of 22 hours, 15 minutes.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-stanfordalumni-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-apachievements-18">[18]</a> Although Fossett said he was not a good enough swimmer "to make the varsity swim team", he found that he could swim for long periods.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> Fossett competed in the <a href="/wiki/Ironman_Triathlon" title="Ironman Triathlon">Ironman Triathlon</a> in Hawaii<a href="#cite_note-stlpostdispatch-9">[9]</a> (finishing in 1996 in 15:53:10),<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Marathon" title="Boston Marathon">Boston Marathon</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Leadville_Trail_100" title="Leadville Trail 100">Leadville Trail 100</a>, a 100-mile (160 km) Colorado <a href="/wiki/Ultramarathon" title="Ultramarathon">ultramarathon</a> which involves running up to elevations of more than 12,600 feet (3,800 m) in the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountains" title="Rocky Mountains">Rocky Mountains</a>.<a href="#cite_note-stanfordalumni-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-cnnstory2-8">[8]</a> Fossett raced cars in the mid-1970s and later returned to the sport in the 1990s.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> He competed in the <a href="/wiki/24_hours_of_Le_Mans" class="mw-redirect" title="24 hours of Le Mans">24 hours of Le Mans</a> road race in 1993 and in 1996,<a href="#cite_note-USAToday2006-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-foxnews-11">[11]</a> along with the <a href="/wiki/Dakar_Rally" title="Dakar Rally">Dakar Rally</a>.<a href="#cite_note-stanfordalumni-5">[5]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="24_Hours_of_Le_Mans_results">24 Hours of Le Mans results</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 24 Hours of Le Mans results">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Co-drivers </th> <th>Car </th> <th>Class </th> <th>Laps </th> <th><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style>Pos. </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">Class pos. </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1993_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="1993 24 Hours of Le Mans">1993</a> </th> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Kremer_Racing" title="Kremer Racing">Porsche Kremer Racing</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a> Almo Coppelli <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Robin_Donovan" title="Robin Donovan">Robin Donovan</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Porsche_962CK6" class="mw-redirect" title="Porsche 962CK6">Porsche 962CK6</a> </td> <td>C2 </td> <td>204 </td> <td>DNF </td> <td>DNF </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1996_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="1996 24 Hours of Le Mans">1996</a> </th> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Kremer_Racing" title="Kremer Racing">Kremer Racing</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/George_Fouch%C3%A9" title="George Fouché">George Fouché</a> <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Dickens" title="Stanley Dickens">Stanley Dickens</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kremer_K8_Spyder" title="Kremer K8 Spyder">Kremer K8 Spyder</a> </td> <td>LMP1 </td> <td>58 </td> <td>DNF </td> <td>DNF </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Previous_attempts_at_records">Previous attempts at records</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Previous attempts at records">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Balloon_crash_Hawaii.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Balloon_crash_Hawaii.jpg/220px-Balloon_crash_Hawaii.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Balloon_crash_Hawaii.jpg/330px-Balloon_crash_Hawaii.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Balloon_crash_Hawaii.jpg/440px-Balloon_crash_Hawaii.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>A 1998 attempt at an around-the-world balloon flight by Fossett, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Branson" title="Richard Branson">Richard Branson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Per_Lindstrand" title="Per Lindstrand">Per Lindstrand</a> ends in the Pacific Ocean on December 25</figcaption></figure> Fossett tried six times over seven years for the first solo balloon circumnavigation. His fifth attempt cost him $1.25 million of his own money; his sixth and successful attempt was commercially sponsored.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> Two of the attempts were launched from <a href="/wiki/Busch_Memorial_Stadium" title="Busch Memorial Stadium">Busch Memorial Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>, Missouri. <a href="/wiki/Washington_University_in_St._Louis" title="Washington University in St. Louis">Washington University in St. Louis</a> served as control center for four of the six flights, including the record-breaking one.<a href="#cite_note-stlpostdispatch-9">[9]</a> In 1998, one of the unsuccessful attempts at the ballooning record ended with a five-mile (8 km) plummet into the <a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea" title="Coral Sea">Coral Sea</a> off the coast of Australia that nearly killed Fossett;<a href="#cite_note-npr2007-27">[27]</a> he waited 72 hours to be rescued, at a cost of $500,000.<a href="#cite_note-stlpostdispatch-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-knightridder2002-46">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-cbseveningnews-47">[47]</a> The first attempt began in the Black Hills of <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a> and ended outside <a href="/wiki/Hampton,_New_Brunswick" title="Hampton, New Brunswick">Hampton, New Brunswick</a> 1,800 miles (2,900 km) later. The second attempt, launched from Busch Stadium, cost $300,000 and lasted 9,600 miles (15,400 km) before being downed halfway in a tree in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>; the trip set records at the time for duration and distance of flight (with Fossett doubling his own previous record) and was called Solo Spirit after Lindbergh's <a href="/wiki/Spirit_of_St._Louis" title="Spirit of St. Louis">Spirit of St. Louis</a>.<a href="#cite_note-stanfordalumni-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-stlpostdispatch-9">[9]</a> Fossett slept an average of two hours a night for the six-day journey, conducted in below-zero temperatures. After taking too much fuel to cross the Atlantic Ocean and circling <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> for 12 hours while officials decided whether or not to allow him into their airspace, Fossett did not have enough fuel to finish the flight. That year, Fossett flew farther for less money than better-financed expeditions (including one supported by <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Galactic" title="Virgin Galactic">Virgin Galactic</a> founder <a href="/wiki/Richard_Branson" title="Richard Branson">Richard Branson</a>) in part due to his ability to fly in an unpressurized capsule, a result of his heavy physical training at high altitudes.<a href="#cite_note-stanfordalumni-5">[5]</a> The Solo Spirit capsule was put on display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum across from the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_11" title="Apollo 11">Apollo 11</a> command module.<a href="#cite_note-stanfordalumni-5">[5]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spirit_of_America_Sonic_Arrow_Wings_Over_the_Rockies_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Spirit_of_America_Sonic_Arrow_Wings_Over_the_Rockies_2023.jpg/220px-Spirit_of_America_Sonic_Arrow_Wings_Over_the_Rockies_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Spirit_of_America_Sonic_Arrow_Wings_Over_the_Rockies_2023.jpg/330px-Spirit_of_America_Sonic_Arrow_Wings_Over_the_Rockies_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Spirit_of_America_Sonic_Arrow_Wings_Over_the_Rockies_2023.jpg/440px-Spirit_of_America_Sonic_Arrow_Wings_Over_the_Rockies_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4080" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>Spirit of America Sonic Arrow at <a href="/wiki/Wings_Over_the_Rockies" class="mw-redirect" title="Wings Over the Rockies">Wings Over the Rockies</a></figcaption></figure> In 2006, Fossett purchased the <a href="/wiki/Spirit_of_America_(automobile)#Spirit_of_America_–_Formula_Shell_LSRV" title="Spirit of America (automobile)">Formula Shell LSRV Spirit of America</a> from former <a href="/wiki/Land_speed_record" title="Land speed record">land speed record</a> holder <a href="/wiki/Craig_Breedlove" title="Craig Breedlove">Craig Breedlove</a>. He rechristened the vehicle the Spirit of America Sonic Arrow and set about making improvements to the vehicle to break the land speed record. Fossett was initially unable to break even 675 miles per hour (1,086 km/h) with the vehicle but eventually hoped to raise its top speed to 800 miles per hour (1,300 km/h) and even 900 miles per hour (1,400 km/h). After his disappearance and death, his team's efforts continued until 2008. The vehicle was put up for auction in 2010.<a href="#cite_note-Land_speed-48">[48]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scouting">Scouting</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Scouting">edit</a>]</div> Fossett grew up in <a href="/wiki/Garden_Grove,_California" title="Garden Grove, California">Garden Grove, California</a> and earned the Eagle Scout award in 1957. He credited his experience in Scouting as a foundation for much of his later success. "As a Scout, I learned how to set goals and achieve them," he once said. "Being a Scout also taught me leadership at a young age when there are few opportunities to be a leader. Scouting values have remained with me throughout my life, in my business career, and now as I take on new challenges."<a href="#cite_note-Eagletter_Winter_2007-7">[7]</a> In his later years, he was described as a "legend" by fellow Scouts. As a national BSA volunteer, he served as Chairman of the Northern Tier High Adventure Committee, Chairman of the Venturing Committee, member of the Philmont Ranch Committee, and member of the National Advisory Council. He later became a member of the BSA National Executive Board, and in 2007, Fossett succeeded Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a> as president of the <a href="/wiki/National_Eagle_Scout_Association" title="National Eagle Scout Association">National Eagle Scout Association</a>. Fossett previously had served on the <a href="/wiki/World_Scout_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="World Scout Committee">World Scout Committee</a>.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> Fossett was honored with the <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Eagle_Scout_Award" title="Distinguished Eagle Scout Award">Distinguished Eagle Scout Award</a> in 1992. In 1999, he received the <a href="/wiki/Silver_Buffalo_Award" title="Silver Buffalo Award">Silver Buffalo Award</a>, BSA's highest recognition of service to youth.<a href="#cite_note-boyscoutsPR-6">[6]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Awards and honors">edit</a>]</div> In 2002, Fossett received aviation's highest award, the Gold Medal of the <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_A%C3%A9ronautique_Internationale" title="Fédération Aéronautique Internationale">Fédération Aéronautique Internationale</a> (FAI) and in July 2007, he was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/National_Aviation_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Aviation Hall of Fame">National Aviation Hall of Fame</a>.<a href="#cite_note-telegraphJune2007-2">[2]</a> He was presented at the ceremony by <a href="/wiki/Dick_Rutan" title="Dick Rutan">Dick Rutan</a>. In 1997, Fossett was inducted into the Balloon and Airship Hall of Fame.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> In February 2002, Fossett was named America's <a href="/wiki/Rolex" title="Rolex">Rolex</a> Yachtsman of the Year by the <a href="/wiki/American_Sailing_Association" title="American Sailing Association">American Sailing Association</a> at the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yacht_Club" title="New York Yacht Club">New York Yacht Club</a>.<a href="#cite_note-yachtsman-13">[13]</a> He was the oldest recipient of the award in its 41-year history, and the only recipient to fly himself to the ceremony in his own plane.<a href="#cite_note-yachtsman-13">[13]</a> He received the Explorers Medal from the <a href="/wiki/Explorers_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Explorers Club">Explorers Club</a> following his solo balloon circumnavigation. He was given the Diplôme de Montgolfier by the <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_A%C3%A9ronautique_Internationale" title="Fédération Aéronautique Internationale">Fédération Aéronautique Internationale</a> in 1996. He received the <a href="/wiki/Harmon_Trophy" title="Harmon Trophy">Harmon Trophy</a>, given annually "to the world's outstanding aviator and aeronaut", in 1998 and 2002. He received the Grande Médaille of the <a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9ro-Club_de_France" title="Aéro-Club de France">Aéro-Club de France</a>, and the British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Aero_Club" title="Royal Aero Club">Royal Aero Club</a>'s Gold Medal in 2002. He received the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Magellan" title="Order of Magellan">Order of Magellan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/French_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="French Republic">French Republic</a>'s <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9daille_de_l%27A%C3%A9ronautique" class="mw-redirect" title="Médaille de l'Aéronautique">Médaille de l'Aéronautique</a> in 2003.<a href="#cite_note-airportjournal-3">[3]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_White_Knight_Two" title="Scaled Composites White Knight Two">White Knight Two VMS Spirit of Steve Fossett</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> was named in Fossett's honor by his friend <a href="/wiki/Richard_Branson" title="Richard Branson">Richard Branson</a> in late 2007.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> Following his disappearance, Peggy Fossett and Dick Rutan accepted the Spread Wings Award on Fossett's behalf at the 2007 Spreading Wings Gala, <a href="/wiki/Wings_Over_the_Rockies_Air_and_Space_Museum" title="Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum">Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">Denver, Colorado</a>.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> In 2010, Fossett was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/International_Air_%26_Space_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Air & Space Hall of Fame">International Air & Space Hall of Fame</a> at the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Air_%26_Space_Museum" title="San Diego Air & Space Museum">San Diego Air & Space Museum</a>.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Death">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Disappearance_and_search">Disappearance and search</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Disappearance and search">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Champion_8kcab_super_decathlon_g-ezpz_arp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Champion_8kcab_super_decathlon_g-ezpz_arp.jpg/220px-Champion_8kcab_super_decathlon_g-ezpz_arp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Champion_8kcab_super_decathlon_g-ezpz_arp.jpg/330px-Champion_8kcab_super_decathlon_g-ezpz_arp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Champion_8kcab_super_decathlon_g-ezpz_arp.jpg/440px-Champion_8kcab_super_decathlon_g-ezpz_arp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1607" data-file-height="1117" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Super_Decathlon" class="mw-redirect" title="Super Decathlon">Super Decathlon</a>, similar to the plane Fossett was flying during his disappearance</figcaption></figure> At 8:45 a.m. on the morning of Monday, September 3, 2007, Fossett took off in a single-engine Champion 8KCAB <a href="/wiki/American_Champion_Decathlon" title="American Champion Decathlon">Super Decathlon</a> light aircraft from the <a href="/wiki/Flying-M_Ranch" title="Flying-M Ranch">Flying-M Ranch</a> private airstrip, near <a href="/wiki/Smith_Valley,_Nevada" title="Smith Valley, Nevada">Smith Valley, Nevada</a>. When he failed to return, searches were launched about six hours later. There was no signal from the plane's <a href="/wiki/Emergency_position-indicating_radiobeacon_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon station">emergency locator transmitter</a> (ELT) designed to be automatically activated in the event of a crash, but it was of an older type notorious for failing to operate after a crash.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> It was first thought that Fossett may have also been wearing a <a href="/wiki/Breitling_SA" title="Breitling SA">Breitling</a> Emergency watch with a manually operated ELT that had a range of up to 90 miles (140 km), but no signal was received from it. On September 13, Fossett's wife, Peggy, issued a statement clarifying that he owned such a watch but was not wearing it when he took off for the Labor Day flight.<a href="#cite_note-cnnstory4-55">[55]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output 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thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px"><div style="position:relative;width:250px;border:1px solid lightgray"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_Nevada_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Steve Fossett is located in Nevada"><img alt="Steve Fossett is located in Nevada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/USA_Nevada_location_map.svg/250px-USA_Nevada_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="368" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/USA_Nevada_location_map.svg/375px-USA_Nevada_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/USA_Nevada_location_map.svg/500px-USA_Nevada_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="882" data-file-height="1297" /></a><div class="od notheme" style="top:49.315%;left:17.742%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Flying-M Ranch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Flying-M_Ranch" title="Flying-M Ranch">Flying-M Ranch</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:54.795%;left:17.742%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Bodie Hills" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Bodie,_California" title="Bodie, California">Bodie Hills</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:59.817%;left:9.677%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Yosemite National Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Yosemite_National_Park" title="Yosemite National Park">Yosemite National Park</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:62.1%;left:15.591%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Crash site identified in 2008" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div>Crash site identified in 2008</div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_Nevada_location_map.svg" title="File:USA Nevada location map.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Search area on the borders of California and Nevada</div></div></div> Fossett took off with enough fuel for four to five hours of flight, according to spokesperson Major Cynthia S. Ryan, Public Information Officer with the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a> (CAP).<a href="#cite_note-CNN4_–_September_07-56">[56]</a> Searchers with CAP were told that Fossett had gone out for a short flight, possibly including the areas of Lucky Boy Pass and <a href="/wiki/Walker_Lake_(Nevada)" title="Walker Lake (Nevada)">Walker Lake</a>. CAP Major Cynthia Ryan suggested that he might have been out scouting for potential sites to conduct a planned land speed run though Fossett's wife said the flight was a pleasure trip.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> Fossett apparently did not file a <a href="/wiki/Flight_plan" title="Flight plan">flight plan</a> and was not required to do so.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> On the second day, CAP aircraft searched but found no trace of wreckage after initiating a complex and expanding search of what later evolved into a nearly 20,000 square miles (52,000 km2) area of some of the most rugged terrain in North America. On the first day of CAP searching, operations were suspended by mid-day due to high winds, according to Ryan. By the fourth day, the CAP was using fourteen aircraft in the search effort, including one equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Airborne_Real-time_Cueing_Hyperspectral_Enhanced_Reconnaissance" title="Airborne Real-time Cueing Hyperspectral Enhanced Reconnaissance">ARCHER</a> system that could automatically scan detailed imaging for a given signature of the missing aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> By September 10, search crews reported eight previously unidentified crash sites,<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> some of which were decades old.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> After accounting for double-counted sites and prior wrecks recorded by the NTSB, this was reduced to three previously undiscovered plane wrecks.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> The urgency of what was still regarded as a rescue mission meant that minimal immediate effort was made to identify the aircraft in the uncharted crash sites,<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> although some had speculated that one could have belonged to <a href="/wiki/Charles_Clifford_Ogle" title="Charles Clifford Ogle">Charles Clifford Ogle</a>, missing since 1964.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> About two dozen aircraft were involved in the massive search, operating from the primary search base at <a href="/wiki/Minden,_Nevada" title="Minden, Nevada">Minden, Nevada</a>, with a secondary search base located at <a href="/wiki/Bishop,_California" title="Bishop, California">Bishop, California</a>. On September 7, <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google Inc.</a> helped the search for the aviator through its connections to contractors that provide <a href="/wiki/Satellite_imagery" title="Satellite imagery">satellite imagery</a> for its <a href="/wiki/Google_Earth" title="Google Earth">Google Earth</a> software. British entrepreneur <a href="/wiki/Richard_Branson" title="Richard Branson">Richard Branson</a>, a friend of Fossett, said he and others were coordinating efforts with Google to see if any of the high-resolution images might include Fossett's aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> On September 8, the first of a series of new high-resolution imagery from <a href="/wiki/DigitalGlobe" title="DigitalGlobe">DigitalGlobe</a> was made available via the <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Mechanical_Turk" title="Amazon Mechanical Turk">Amazon Mechanical Turk</a> beta website so that users could flag potential areas of interest for searching. By September 11, up to 50,000 people had joined the effort, scrutinizing more than 300,000 278-square-foot (26 m2) squares of the imagery. Peter Cohen of Amazon believed that by September 11, the entire search area had been covered at least once. Amazon's search effort was shut down the week of October 29, without any measurable success.<a href="#cite_note-wired_11_sept-66">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-WiredNov6-67">[67]</a> Major Cynthia Ryan later said it had been more of a hindrance than a help.<a href="#cite_note-WiredNov6-67">[67]</a> She said that persons purporting to have seen the aircraft on the Mechanical Turk or have special knowledge clogged her email during critical days of the search, and for even months afterward. Many of the ostensible sightings proved to be images of CAP aircraft flying search grids, or simply mistaken artifacts of old images. Psychics flooded the search base in Minden with predictions of where the aviator could be found. One man from Canada was particularly persistent with daily calls to Ryan.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Ryan noted that every message, letter, or phone call was taken seriously, which swamped the USAF specialists assigned the task of reviewing every one of them without regard to apparent plausibility. In retrospect, the crowdsource effort was "not ready for prime time", according to Ryan.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] On September 12, survival experts speculated that Fossett was likely to be dead.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> On September 17, the Nevada wing of the Civil Air Patrol said it was suspending all flights in connection with its search operations,<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> but National Guard search flights, private search flights and ground searches continued.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> The <a href="/wiki/National_Transportation_Safety_Board" title="National Transportation Safety Board">National Transportation Safety Board</a> (NTSB) began a preliminary investigation into the likely crash of the plane that Fossett was flying.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> The preliminary report stated that Fossett was "presumed fatally injured and the aircraft substantially damaged", but was subsequently revised to remove that assumption.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Branson" title="Richard Branson">Branson</a> made similar public statements.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> On September 19, 2007, authorities confirmed they would stop actively looking for Fossett in the Nevada Desert, but would keep air crews on standby to fly to possible crash sites.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> On September 30, it was announced that after further analysis of radar data from the day of his disappearance, ground teams and two aircraft had resumed the search.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> On October 2, 2007, CAP announced it had called off its search operation.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> Ryan later noted that the search was the largest, most complex peacetime search for an individual in U.S. history.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In July 2008, <a href="/wiki/Simon_Donato" title="Simon Donato">Simon Donato</a>'s Team Adventure Science searched for a week on the Nevada–California border.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> On August 23, 2008, almost a year after Fossett disappeared, twenty-eight friends and admirers conducted a foot search based on new information and computer modeling. That search concluded on September 10.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Search_and_rescue_costs">Search and rescue costs</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Search and rescue costs">edit</a>]</div> On May 1, 2008, the <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Review-Journal" title="Las Vegas Review-Journal">Las Vegas Review-Journal</a> attributed to Nevada State Governor <a href="/wiki/Jim_Gibbons_(American_politician)" title="Jim Gibbons (American politician)">Jim Gibbons'</a> spokesman, Ben Kieckhefer,<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> the Governor's decision to direct the state to charge Steve Fossett's family for the $687,000 expense of the search for Fossett.<a href="#cite_note-earlycharge_report-81">[81]</a> Kieckhefer later played that early report down, when he told the Tahoe Daily Tribune that Nevada did not intend to demand an involuntary payment from Fossett's widow, but that such a payment would be voluntary: "We are going to request that they help offset some of these expenses, considering the scope of the search, the overall cost as well as our ongoing budget difficulties."<a href="#cite_note-laterdownplay-82">[82]</a> Hotelier <a href="/wiki/Barron_Hilton" title="Barron Hilton">Barron Hilton</a>, from whose ranch Fossett had departed on the day he went missing, had previously volunteered $200,000 to help pay for the search costs.<a href="#cite_note-earlycharge_report-81">[81]</a><a href="#cite_note-laterdownplay-82">[82]</a> In his later comments to the Tahoe Daily Tribune, Kieckhefer denied outright that a bill for the family was being prepared. Kieckefer said, "It will probably be in the form of a letter",<a href="#cite_note-laterdownplay-82">[82]</a> which he indicated would include a financial outline of the steps taken by the state, the associated costs, and a mention of the state's ongoing budget difficulties.<a href="#cite_note-laterdownplay-82">[82]</a> Days prior to this announcement, state Emergency Management Director Frank Siracusa noted that "there is no precedent where government will go after people for costs just because they have money to pay for it. You get lost, and we look for you. It is a service your taxpayer dollars pay for",<a href="#cite_note-earlycharge_report-81">[81]</a> although he conceded that legally any decision would rest with Gibbons. At an April 10, 2008, Legislature's Interim Finance Committee hearing, Siracusa indicated that he had hired an independent auditor to review costs incurred by the state in searching for Fossett, but added, "We are doing an audit but not because we are critical of anybody or suspect something was done wrong".<a href="#cite_note-earlycharge_report-81">[81]</a><a href="#cite_note-agendaminutes-83">[83]</a> Chairman Morse Arberry queried Siracusa as to why, since they lacked funds, had the state not billed the Fossett family for its search costs, to which Siracusa did not directly respond.<a href="#cite_note-earlycharge_report-81">[81]</a><a href="#cite_note-agendaminutes-83">[83]</a> In a later interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Siracusa stated that his comments to the Committee may have given the false impression that he had hired an auditor for the purpose of later challenging the state's financial burden incurred on its behalf by the National Guard during the search operation.<a href="#cite_note-earlycharge_report-81">[81]</a> Upon interview regarding reports that the state would seek payment, Arberry was recorded as stating that he was glad to hear steps were being taken to try to recoup some of the costs.<a href="#cite_note-laterdownplay-82">[82]</a> The Nevada search cost $1.6 million, "the largest search and rescue effort ever conducted for a person within the U.S." Jim Gibbons asked Fossett's estate to shoulder $487,000, but it declined, saying Fossett's wife had already spent $1 million on private searching.<a href="#cite_note-arizonadailystar-84">[84]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recovery_of_wreckage_and_remains">Recovery of wreckage and remains</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Recovery of wreckage and remains">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FossettCrash-file1443.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/FossettCrash-file1443.jpg/287px-FossettCrash-file1443.jpg" decoding="async" width="287" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/FossettCrash-file1443.jpg/431px-FossettCrash-file1443.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/FossettCrash-file1443.jpg/574px-FossettCrash-file1443.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="536" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of the crash site, 2010</figcaption></figure> On September 29, 2008, a hiker found three crumpled identification cards in the eastern <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sierra Nevada (U.S.)">Sierra Nevada</a> in California about 65 miles (100 km) south (186 degrees) of Fossett's take-off site. The items were confirmed as belonging to Fossett and included an <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">FAA</a>-issued card, his <a href="/wiki/Soaring_Society_of_America" title="Soaring Society of America">Soaring Society of America</a> membership card and $1,005 in cash.<a href="#cite_note-sfgate_confirmed_ids_found-85">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> On October 1, late in the day, air search teams spotted wreckage on the ground at an elevation of 10,100 feet (3,100 m), about 750 yards (690 m) from where the personal items had been found. Later that evening the teams confirmed identification of the <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_registration" title="Aircraft registration">tail number</a> of Fossett's plane.<a href="#cite_note-McKinley-87">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> The crash site is located on the western side of a ridge (<a href="/wiki/Volcanic_Ridge" title="Volcanic Ridge">Volcanic Ridge</a>)<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> whose orientation is northwest/southeast,<a href="#cite_note-report-90">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-Coordinates-91">[91]</a> at <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Steve_Fossett&params=37_40_N_119_08_W_">37°40′N 119°08′W / 37.667°N 119.133°W / 37.667; -119.133</a>.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> The site is about 300 feet (91 m) below the crest of the ridge. The steep terrain was sparsely forested with <a href="/wiki/Pinus_ponderosa" title="Pinus ponderosa">Ponderosa pines</a> averaging 40 feet (12 m) to 60 feet (18 m) tall. Numerous boulders and rock outcrops surrounded by grassy areas covered the ground.<a href="#cite_note-report-90">[90]</a> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ritterrange.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Ritterrange.JPG/287px-Ritterrange.JPG" decoding="async" width="287" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Ritterrange.JPG/431px-Ritterrange.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Ritterrange.JPG/574px-Ritterrange.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>The crash site is on Volcanic Ridge, part of the <a href="/wiki/Ritter_Range" title="Ritter Range">Ritter Range</a>. Volcanic Ridge is shown here, in the left foreground.</figcaption></figure> The crash site is within the <a href="/wiki/Ansel_Adams_Wilderness" title="Ansel Adams Wilderness">Ansel Adams Wilderness</a> in <a href="/wiki/Madera_County,_California" title="Madera County, California">Madera County, California</a>. Other named places near the site include Minaret Mine (2,000 feet (600 m) west), Emily Lake (0.7 miles (1.1 km) northeast), <a href="/wiki/Minaret_Lake" title="Minaret Lake">Minaret Lake</a> (1.8 miles (2.9 km) west-southwest), the <a href="/wiki/Minarets_(California)" title="Minarets (California)">Minaret peaks</a> (3 miles (5 km) west), <a href="/wiki/Devils_Postpile_National_Monument" title="Devils Postpile National Monument">Devils Postpile National Monument</a> (4.5 miles (7.2 km) southeast), and the town of <a href="/wiki/Mammoth_Lakes,_California" title="Mammoth Lakes, California">Mammoth Lakes</a> (the nearest populated place, 9 miles (14 km) east-southeast). The site is 10 miles (16 km) east of <a href="/wiki/Yosemite_National_Park" title="Yosemite National Park">Yosemite National Park</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Coordinates-91">[91]</a> Over the next two days, ground searchers found four bone fragments that were about 2 by 1.5 inches (5 by 4 cm) in size.<a href="#cite_note-McKinley-87">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> However, the bones were found to be either not human or too small for DNA tests.<a href="#cite_note-Tribune-94">[94]</a> On October 29, search teams recovered two large human bones that they suspected might belong to Fossett. These bones were found 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the crash site. Tennis shoes with animal bite marks on them were also recovered.<a href="#cite_note-Tribune-94">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-bbc-bones-95">[95]</a><a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> On November 3, California police coroners said that <a href="/wiki/DNA_profiling" title="DNA profiling">DNA profiling</a> of the two bones by a California Department of Justice forensics laboratory confirmed a match to Fossett's DNA. Madera County Sheriff John Anderson said Fossett would have died on impact in such a crash, and that it was not unusual for animals to drag remains away.<a href="#cite_note-bbc-bones-95">[95]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NTSB_report_and_findings">NTSB report and findings</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: NTSB report and findings">edit</a>]</div> On March 5, 2009, the NTSB issued its report and findings.<a href="#cite_note-report-90">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> The report states that the plane crashed at an elevation of about 10,000 feet (3,000 m), 300 feet (90 m) below the crest of the ridge. The elevation of peaks in the area exceeded 13,000 feet (4,000 m). However, the <a href="/wiki/Density_altitude" title="Density altitude">density altitude</a> in the area at the time and place of the crash was estimated to be 12,700 feet (3,900 m). The aircraft, a tandem two-seater, was nearly 30 years old and Fossett had flown approximately 40 hours in this type. The plane's operating manual says that at an altitude of 13,000 feet (4,000 m) the <a href="/wiki/Rate_of_climb" title="Rate of climb">rate of climb</a> would be 300 feet per minute (about 1.5 m/s).<a href="#cite_note-report-90">[90]</a> The NTSB report says that "a meteorologist from <a href="/wiki/Salinas,_California" title="Salinas, California">Salinas</a> provided a numerical simulation of the conditions in the accident area using the WRF-ARW (Advanced Research Weather Research and Forecasting) numerical model. At 0930 [the approximate time of the crash] the model displayed downdrafts in that area of approximately 300 feet per minute." There was no evidence of equipment failure.<a href="#cite_note-report-90">[90]</a> The report stated that a postmortem examination of the skeletal fragments had been performed under the auspices of the Madera County Sheriff's Department. The cause of death was determined to be multiple traumatic injuries. The ELT was destroyed by the crash.<a href="#cite_note-report-90">[90]</a> On July 9, 2009, the NTSB declared the probable cause of the crash as "the pilot's inadvertent encounter with downdrafts that exceeded the climb capability of the airplane. Contributing to the accident were the downdrafts, high density altitude, and mountainous terrain."<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_firsts_in_aviation" title="List of firsts in aviation">List of firsts in aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_solved_missing_person_cases:_post-2000" title="List of solved missing person cases: post-2000">List of solved missing person cases</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> Notes <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-RecordsFAI-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-RecordsFAI_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-RecordsFAI_1-1">b</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100628225432/http://records.fai.org/general_aviation/absolute.asp">"Current Absolute General Aviation World Records"</a>. 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Retrieved April 24, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Investigators%3A+Strong+winds+probable+cause+of+Fossett+crash&rft.date=2009-07-09&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2009%2FUS%2F07%2F09%2Ffossett.crash.cause%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASteve+Fossett" class="Z3988"> </li> </ol></div> Further reading <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFossettHasley,_Will2006" class="citation book cs1">Fossett, Steve; Hasley, Will (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781852272340">Chasing the Wind: The Autobiography of Steve Fossett</a>. <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Books" title="Virgin Books">Virgin Books</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85227-234-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85227-234-0"><bdi>978-1-85227-234-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chasing+the+Wind%3A+The+Autobiography+of+Steve+Fossett&rft.pub=Virgin+Books&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-1-85227-234-0&rft.aulast=Fossett&rft.aufirst=Steve&rft.au=Hasley%2C+Will&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fisbn_9781852272340&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASteve+Fossett" class="Z3988"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Fossett&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Steve_Fossett" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Steve Fossett">Steve Fossett</a>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/oct/02/usa2">Timeline: Steve Fossett</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7648259.stm">In pictures: Steve Fossett</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2078591.stm">BBC, Profile: Steve Fossett</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071202155813/http://www.fai.org/awards/recipient.asp?id=2008">"FAI Awards received by Steve FOSSETT (USA)"</a>. 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