Steve Fossett completes his record-setting first solo, nonstop, non-refueled airplane circumnavigation of the glove as he lands his single engine Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer on March 3, 2005 in Kansas after a 67- hour flight.
In 2002, Steve Fossett had become the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon. He started his flight, in the Spirit of Freedom balloon from Northam, Western Australia and landed in Queensland, Australia.13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes later. Fossett set many other records, including three of the seven absolute world records for fixed-wing aircraft recognized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. He died in a plane accident after disappearing on September 3, 2007, while flying a light aircraft between Nevada and . Fossett's plane was discovered wrecked in 2008. Crash Article
