Steve Fossett

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Steve Fossett was an American adventurer and aviator renowned for setting numerous world records in solo ballooning, sailing, and powered flight.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf adventurer
aviator
balloonist
businessman
human
sailor
aircraftFlown fixed-wing aircraft
gliders
hot air balloons
awardReceived Distinguished Flying Cross
surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)

FAI Gold Air Medal
Harmon Trophy
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1944-04-22
dateOfDisappearance 2007-09-03
declaredDeadOn 2008-02-15
degree MBA
educatedAt Garden Grove High School
Stanford University
Washington University in St. Louis
fullName James Stephen Fossett
givenName James
Stephen
knownFor first solo nonstop balloon flight around the world
setting world records in ballooning
setting world records in powered flight
setting world records in sailing
mannerOfDeath aircraft accident
memberOf Explorers Club
Royal Geographical Society
nickname Steve
notableAchievement first solo nonstop balloon circumnavigation of the Earth
multiple world records in balloon flight duration and distance
multiple world records in gliding
multiple world records in sailing distance and speed
notableVehicle Spirit of Freedom (balloon)
occupation investment broker
record-setting pilot
placeOfBirth Jackson, Tennessee
surface form: Jackson, Tennessee, United States
placeOfDisappearance near Mammoth Lakes, California, United States
remainsDiscoveredNear Mammoth Lakes Basin
surface form: Mammoth Lakes, California, United States
remainsDiscoveredOn 2008-10-29
setRecordIn ballooning
gliding
powered flight
sailing
sport ballooning
gliding
sailing
spouse Peggy Fossett NERFINISHED

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