Steve Fossett

Steve Fossett is a richissime American Aventurier , born the April 22nd 1944 with Jackson (Tennessee) and disappeared since the September 3rd 2007 in the desert from Nevada.

Fossett, which made its fortune in the finance departments, became famous thanks to its five round the world tours without stop: as a recluse in balloon, in boat, and a recluse in the plane. Fossett established 116 records in five different disciplines, of which 60 are always valid.

Biography

Fossett grew with Garden Grove in California. In 1966, it was graduate of Stanford, and in 1968, it received its MBA of Olin School off Business of the university Washington with Saint-Louis (Missouri), where he is member of the board of trustees. Fossett became then a trader of raw materials on the market of Chicago, creating its own company, Marathon Securities, which knew a great success.

List exploits

In 1985, it carries out a crossing of the English Channel to the stroke of 22 hours.

The February 21st 1995, it crosses the Pacific Ocean in Montgolfière.

The October 10th 2001, it establishes a record crossing of the Atlantique in 4 days and 17 hours, 28 minutes and 6 seconds on board maximum - Catamaran Play-Station . It will gain then the same year the record of the turn of the island of Wight then in 2002, the record of the turn of British Isles with the same boat.

The July 2nd 2002, in Australia it carries out the first Circumnavigation in the montgolfier as a recluse without stopover after a fourteen days tour.

The October 27th 2004 it establishes the speed records in airship to 111,8 km/h.

In 2005, as a skipper on board the boat Cheyenne , it establishes the world records of circumnavigation to the veil and equips some fastest.

The March 3rd 2005, it makes a success of the first round the world tour in Avion as a recluse, without stopover nor supply, on board experimental apparatus Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer in sixty-seven hours and a minute. It carried out its Circumnavigation western in Is to profit from the dominant winds.

The February 11th 2006, a new round the world tour enables him to establish the record of the longest non-stop flight in the plane, with 42.450 traversed km. Started from Florida on board its plane Global Flyer , it landed on the airport of Bournemouth after a voyage of West in Is and two crossings of the Atlantic.

The August 29th 2006, it beats the absolute records of altitude in Planeur with Einar Enevoldson (on board a DG 505/22). It is about the first stratospheric flight of the History in Planeur. The exploit take place in the Andes cordillera, for a one duration flight of 4:30. They reached an altitude of 15.447 meters, and a temperature of -57°C.

It also has with its credit the rise of the more high summits of the sphere, except however for the Everest (two unfruitful attempts), as well as a long race of sledges with dogs in the Far North. It also took part twice in the 24 hours of Mans.

On the whole, Steve Fossett holds the world records of the number of held world records, with a total of 62, of which many records of distance covered and altitude in Planeur.

Carried disappeared

The adventurer Steve Fossett has been reported missing for Monday September 3rd 2007, announces made by the persons in charge of the American civil aviation. The pilot, 63 years old, was seen for the last time taking off of the private track of a ranch of the Nevada to the orders of his single-engined aircraft Citabria Super Decathlon. He accomplished a reconnaissance flight in order to identify zones of drive to beat the speed records on board a terrestrial vehicle. Steve Fossett, left for three hours, did not deposit a flight plan and the beacon of distress of the plane was not started. The zone of research extends thus on a large surface, 25.900 km², which is connected with to seek a needle in a bundle of hay . The means of research were very strongly reduced starting from September 18th, 2007, without being officially stopped, but did not give any result after one month. October 2nd, 2007, the Civilian Air Patrol officially ceased research. November 27th, 2007, after more than three months of research, his Peggy wife asked justice to recognize the death of her husband.

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