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James Stephen Fossett (born April 22, 1944) is an American aviator, sailor and adventurer who has been missing since September 3, 2007. Fossett was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon. He made his fortune in the financial services industry and is best known for many world records including five nonstop circumnavigations of the Earth: as a long-distance solo balloonist, as a sailor, and as a solo flight fixed-wing aircraft pilot.

A fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and The Explorers Club, Fossett has set 116 records in five different sports, 60 of which still stand.<ref name="telegraphJune2007"> Wilson , Sam

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Fossett was reported missing on September 3, 2007 after the plane he was flying over the Nevada desert failed to return.<ref> Hildebrand , Kurt

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</ref> Despite over a month of searches by the Civil Air Patrol and others, Fossett has not been located, and the search by CAP was called off on October 2 2007. However, privately funded and directed search efforts continue. On November 26, 2007, Fossett's wife requested that Fossett be declared legally dead.<ref name="yahoo-20071126" />

-[[Image:Steve Fossett cropped.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Steve Fossett, le [[8 février]] [[2007]].]]
+{{Infobox Person
-'''Steve Fossett''' est un richissime [[aventurier]] [[États-Unis|américain]], né le [[22 avril]] [[1944]] à [[Jackson (Tennessee)|Jackson]] ([[Tennessee]]) et disparu depuis le [[3 septembre]] [[2007]] dans le désert du Nevada.
+| name        = Steve Fossett
+| image       = Steve Fossett 10.22.04 287.jpg|thumb
+| image_size  = 175px
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+| birth_name  = James Stephen Fossett
+| birth_date  = [[April 22]] [[1944]]
+| birth_place = [[Jackson, Tennessee]]
+| nationality = [[United States|American]]
+| other_names =
+| known_for   = [[Aviator]], [[sailor]] and [[adventurer]]
+| status      = Missing
+| website     =
+| footnotes   =
+}}
-Fossett, qui fit sa fortune dans les services financiers, est devenu célèbre grâce à ses cinq [[tour du monde|tours du monde]] sans arrêt : en solitaire en ballon, en bateau, et en solitaire en avion. Fossett a établi 116 records dans cinq disciplines différentes, dont 60 sont toujours valides.
+'''James Stephen Fossett''' (born [[April 22]], [[1944]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[aviator]], [[sailor]] and [[adventurer]] who has been missing since [[September 3]], [[2007]].  Fossett was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon.  He made his fortune in the financial services industry and is best known for many [[world record]]s including five nonstop [[circumnavigation]]s of the Earth: as a long-distance solo balloonist, as a sailor, and as a solo flight [[fixed-wing aircraft]] pilot.
-== Biographie ==
+A fellow of the [[Royal Geographical Society]] and [[The Explorers Club]], Fossett has set 116 records in five different sports, 60 of which still stand.<ref name="telegraphJune2007">{{cite news
+  | last =Wilson
+  | first =Sam
+  | coauthors =agencies
+  | title =Profile: Steve Fossett
+  | publisher =''Daily Telegraph''
+  | date =[[June 6]], [[2007]]
+  | url =http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/05/nfossettprofile104.xml
+  | accessdate =2007-09-07  }}</ref>
-Fossett a grandi à [[Garden Grove (Californie)|Garden Grove]] en [[Californie]]. En 1966, il a été diplômé de [[Stanford]], et en 1968, il a  reçu son [[MBA]] de la Olin School of Business de l'[[Université Washington à Saint Louis|université Washington]] à [[Saint-Louis (Missouri)]], où il est membre du conseil de surveillance. Fossett devint ensuite un négociant de matières premières sur le marché de [[Chicago]], créant sa propre société, Marathon Securities, qui connut une grande réussite.
+Fossett was [[#Disappearance and search|reported missing]] on [[September 3]], [[2007]] after the plane he was flying over the [[Great Basin Desert|Nevada desert]] failed to return.<ref>{{cite news
+  | last =Hildebrand
+  | first =Kurt
+  | coauthors =
+  | title =Searchers looking for world record holder Steve Fossett
+  | work =
+  | pages =
+  | language =
+  | publisher =''The Record-Courier''
+  | date =[[September 4]], [[2007]]
+  | url =http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20070904/NEWS/70904002
+  | accessdate =2007-09-04  }}
+</ref> Despite over a month of searches by the [[Civil Air Patrol]] and others, Fossett has not been located, and the search by CAP was called off on [[October 2]] [[2007]]. However, privately funded and directed search efforts continue. On [[November 26]], [[2007]], Fossett's wife requested that Fossett be declared legally dead.<ref name="yahoo-20071126" />
-==Liste des exploits==
+==Early years==
+Fossett was born in [[Jackson, Tennessee]]. His family later moved, and he grew up in [[Garden Grove, California]].<ref name="telegraphJune2007"/>
-En [[1985]], il réalise une traversée de la Manche à la nage en 22 heures.
+Fossett's interest in adventure began early. As a [[Boy Scout]], he grew up climbing the mountains of [[California]], beginning with the [[San Jacinto Mountains]].<ref name="airportjournal">{{cite web | title = Steve Fossett: Always Scouting For New Adventures | publisher = ''Airport Journal'' | url = http://www.airportjournals.com/Display.cfm?varID=0709039 | accessdate = 2007-09-05 }}</ref> "When I was 12 years old I climbed my first mountain, and I just kept going, taking on more diverse and grander projects."<ref name=cnnstory>{{cite news | title = Search continues for aviation adventurer Steve Fossett | publisher =''CNN''| date =[[September 4]], [[2007]] | url =http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/04/fossett.missing/index.html | accessdate =2007-09-06  }}</ref>  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.<ref name="stanfordalumni">{{cite web | title = Pioneer In the Sky | publisher = ''Stanford Magazine'' | url = http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/1997/mayjun/articles/fossett.html | accessdate = 2007-09-07 }}</ref> His father, an [[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scout]], encouraged Fossett to pursue these types of adventures and encouraged him to become involved with the Boy Scouts early.<ref name="airportjournal"/> At age 13,<ref name="airportjournal"/> Fossett also earned the Boy Scouts' highest rank of Eagle Scout.<ref name=boyscoutsPR>{{cite news
+| title =EAGLE SCOUT AND BSA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER SETS WORLD RECORD | publisher =''Boy Scouts of America'' | date =[[July 3]], [[2002]]| url = http://www.scouting.org/media/press/2002/020703/index.html | accessdate =2007-09-12  }}</ref> Fossett said in 2006 that [[Scouting]] was the most important activity of his youth.<ref name= "airportjournal"/>
-Le [[21 février]] [[1995]], il traverse l’[[océan Pacifique]] en [[montgolfière]].
+In college at [[Stanford University]], Fossett was already known as an adventurer; his Sigma Alpha Epsilon [[student society|fraternity]] brothers convinced him to swim to [[Alcatraz]] and raise a banner that read "Beat [[University of California at Berkeley|Cal]]" on the wall of the prison, closed two years previously.<ref name="stanfordalumni"/> Fossett held various leadership positions at Stanford, including serving in student government and serving as President of a few clubs.<ref name="airportjournal"/> In 1966, Fossett graduated from Stanford with a [[bachelor's degree|degree]] in [[economics]].<ref name="cnnstory2">{{cite web | title =  Branson fears missing Fossett is injured | publisher = ''[[CNN]]'' | url = http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/05/fossett.missing/ | accessdate = 2007-09-07 }}</ref> After graduation, Fossett spent the summer in Europe climbing mountains and swimming the [[Dardanelles]].<ref name="stanfordalumni"/>
-Le [[10 octobre]] [[2001]], il établit un [[Record de la traversée de l'Atlantique Nord à la voile|record]] de la traversée de l'[[Océan Atlantique|Atlantique]] en 4 jours et 17 heures, 28 minutes et 6 secondes à bord du maxi - [[catamaran]] ''Play-Station''. Il remportera ensuite la même année le record du tour de l'[[île de Wight]] puis en [[2002]], le record du tour des îles britanniques avec le même bateau.
+==Business career==
+In 1968, Fossett received an [[MBA]] from the [[Olin Business School|Olin School of Business]] at [[Washington University in St. Louis|Washington University]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], where Fossett has been a longtime member of the Board of Trustees.<ref name="stlpostdispatch">{{cite news
+  | last =Smith
+  | first =Bill
+  | coauthors =Deere, Stephen
+  | title =Steve Fossett's plane is missing
+  | publisher =''St. Louis Post-Dispatch''
+  | date =[[September 5]], [[2007]]
+  | url =http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/CDBB74A9E1D3BA3C8625734D000DDA68?OpenDocument
+  | accessdate =2007-09-07  }}</ref> Fossett's first job out of business school was with [[IBM]]; he then served as a consultant for [[Deloitte and Touche]], and later accepted a job with [[Marshall Field's]]. 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."<ref name="airportjournal"/>
-Le [[2 juillet]] [[2002]], en [[Australie]] il effectue la première [[circumnavigation]] en montgolfière en solitaire sans escale après un périple de quatorze jours.
+Fossett then became a successful [[Commodity broker|commodities salesman]] in [[Chicago]], first for [[Merrill Lynch]] in 1973, where he proved a highly successful producer of commission revenue for himself and that firm. He began working in 1976 for [[Drexel Burnham]], which provided him with a membership on the [[Chicago Board of Trade]] 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 [[Chicago Board Options Exchange]].<ref name="stanfordalumni"/><ref name="USAToday2006">{{cite news| last =Halvorson
+	| first =Todd
+	| title =Aviator Fossett tries to break distance record
+	| work = ''Florida Today''
+	| publisher =''USA Today''
+	| date =[[September 4]], [[2007]]
+	| url =http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2006-02-05-fossett-nonstop-flight_x.htm
+	| accessdate =2006-02-05 }}
+	</ref>
-Le [[27 octobre]] [[2004]] il établit le record de vitesse en [[Ballon dirigeable|dirigeable]] à 111,8 km/h.
+After 15 years of working for other companies,<ref name="airportjournal"/> Fossett founded his own firms, Marathon Securities and Lakota Trading, from which he made millions renting exchange memberships.<ref name="telegraphJune2007"/><ref name="foxnews">{{cite web
+  | title = Rescuers to Resume Search for Plane Carrying Aviation Adventurer Steve Fossett
+  | publisher = ''Fox News''
+  | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295714,00.html
+  | accessdate = 2007-09-07 }}</ref><ref name="cnnstory2"/> He founded Lakota Trading for that purpose in 1980.<ref name="cnnstory3">{{cite news
+  | last = Mihelich
+  | first = Peggy
+  | title =  Adventure defines Steve Fossett
+  | publisher =''CNN''
+  | date =[[September 4]], [[2007]]
+  | url =http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/09/04/fossett.profile/index.html
+  | accessdate =2007-09-07  }}</ref> In the early 1980s,<ref name="airportjournal"/> he founded Marathon Securities and extended that successful formula to memberships on the New York stock exchanges. He earned millions renting floor trading privileges (exchange memberships) to hopeful new floor traders, who would also pay clearing fees to Fossett's clearing firms in proportion to the trading activity of those renting the memberships.  As of 1997, the trading volume of its rented memberships was larger than any other clearing firm on the Chicago exchange.<ref name="stanfordalumni"/> Lakota Trading replicated that same business plan on many exchanges in the United States and also in [[London]].<ref name="airportjournal"/> Fossett would later use those handsome revenues to finance his adventures.<ref name="telegraphJune2007"/><ref name="foxnews">{{cite web
+  | title = Rescuers to Resume Search for Plane Carrying Aviation Adventurer Steve Fossett
+  | publisher = ''Fox News''
+  | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295714,00.html
+  | accessdate = 2007-09-07 }}</ref><ref name="cnnstory2"/>  Fossett said, "As a floor trader, I was very aggressive and worked hard. Those same traits help me in adventure sports."<ref name="stanfordalumni"/>
-En [[2005]], en tant que skipper à bord du bateau ''Cheyenne'', il établit le record du monde de la circumnavigation à la voile et en équipe la plus rapide.
+Fossett has 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."<ref name="airportjournal"/> He began to take six weeks a year off to spend time on sports and eventually moved to [[Beaver Creek, Colorado]] in 1990, where for a time he ran his business from a distance.<ref name="airportjournal"/>  Fossett later sold most of his business interests,<ref name="telegraphJune2007"/><ref name="yachtsman">{{cite web
+  | title = Rich Roberts Reports
+  | publisher = ''yachtracing.com''
+  | url = http://www.yachtracing.com/richroberts/fossett02.html
+  | accessdate = 2007-09-07 }}</ref> although he maintained an office in Chicago until 2006.<ref name="airportjournal"/>
-Le [[3 mars]] [[2005]], il réussit le premier tour du monde en [[avion]] en solitaire, sans escale ni ravitaillement, à bord de l'appareil expérimental ''Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer'' en soixante-sept heures et une minute. Il a effectué sa [[circumnavigation]] d’[[Ouest (point cardinal)|ouest]] en [[est]] pour bénéficier des vents dominants.
+==Personal life==
-[[Image:Steve Fossett in GlobalFlyer cockpit.jpg|thumb|320px|right|Steve Fossett, le [[8 février]] [[2007]].]]
+Fossett has been married to Peggy Fossett (Viehland), originally from [[Richmond Heights, Missouri]], since 1968.<ref name="stlpostdispatch"/> They have no children.<ref name="cnnstory3"/><ref name=aviationweek>{{cite news
+  | last =Fiorino
+  | first =Frances
+  | coauthors =
+  | title =Advanced Recon System Aids Fossett Search
+  | publisher =''Aviation Week''
+  | date =[[September 6]], [[2007]]
+  | url =http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/Foss09067.xml&headline=Advanced%20Recon%20System%20Aids%20Fossett%20Search&channel=null
+  | accessdate =2007-09-06  }}</ref>  The Fossetts have homes in [[Beaver Creek, Colorado]] and Chicago and a vacation home in [[Carmel, California]].<ref name="yachtsman"/><ref name="stlpostdispatch"/><ref name="stanfordalumni"/>
-Le [[11 février]] [[2006]], un nouveau tour du monde lui permet d'établir le record du plus long vol sans escale en avion, avec 42 450&nbsp;km parcourus. Parti de [[Floride]] à bord de son avion ''Global Flyer'', il a atterri sur l'aéroport de [[Bournemouth]] après un voyage d'Ouest en Est et deux traversées de l'Atlantique.
+Fossett became well-known in the UK for his friendship with billionaire [[Richard Branson]], who has financed some of Fossett's adventures.<ref name="telegraphJune2007"/>
-Le [[29 août]] [[2006]], il bat le [[record d'altitude|record absolu d'altitude]] en [[planeur]] avec [[Einar Enevoldson]] (à bord d'un [[Glaser-Dirks_DG-500|DG 505/22]]). Il s'agit du premier vol stratosphérique de l'Histoire en [[planeur]]. L'exploit eu lieu dans la [[Cordillère des Andes]], pour un vol d'une durée de 4h30. Ils atteignirent une altitude de 15 447 mètres, et une température de -57°C.
+==Records==
+===Overview===
+Steve Fossett is well-known for his world record-setting adventures in balloons, sailboats, gliders, and powered aircraft. He is an aviator of exceptional breadth of experience, from his quest to become the first person to achieve a solo [[Balloon (aircraft)|balloon]] flight around the world (finally succeeding on his sixth attempt, in 2002) to setting, with co-pilot Terry Delore, 10 of the 21 Glider Open records, including the first 2,000&nbsp;km Out-and-Return,  the first 1,500&nbsp;km Triangle and the longest Straight Distance flights. His achievements as a jet pilot in a [[Cessna Citation X]] include records for U.S. Transcontinental, Australia Transcontinental, and Round-the-World westbound non-supersonic flights.<ref name="eagletter">{{cite journal |author= | title=Fossett Sets Another World Record | journal=''Eagletter''|year=Fall 2006 |volume=Vol:32 |issue=No:2 |pages= pp: 11}}</ref> Prior to Fossett's aviation records, no pilot had held world records in more than one class of aircraft; Fossett holds them in four classes.<ref name="airportjournal"/>
-Il a également à son actif l'ascension des plus hauts sommets du globe, à l'exception toutefois de l'[[Everest]] (deux tentatives infructueuses), ainsi qu'une longue course de traîneaux à chiens dans le Grand Nord. Il a aussi participé deux fois aux [[24 heures du Mans]].
+In 2005, Fossett made the first solo nonstop and unrefueled circumnavigation of the world in 67 hours in the [[Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer]], a single engine jet aircraft.
-Au total, Steve Fossett détient le record mondial du nombre de records mondiaux détenus, avec un total de 62, dont de nombreux records de distance parcourue et d'altitude en [[planeur]].
+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<ref name="telegraphJune2007"/> with a distance of 26,389 statute miles (42,469&nbsp;km).
-==Porté disparu==
+He has set 93 aviation world records ratified by [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]],<ref>{{cite web
-L'aventurier Steve Fossett est porté disparu depuis lundi [[3 septembre]] [[2007]], annonce faite par les responsables de l'aviation civile américaine. Le pilote, âgé de 63 ans, a été vu pour la dernière fois décollant de la piste privée d'un ranch du [[Nevada]] aux commandes de son monomoteur [[American Champion Citabria|Citabria]] Super Decathlon. Il effectuait un vol de reconnaissance en vue d'identifier des zones d'entraînement pour battre le record de vitesse à bord d'un véhicule terrestre<ref>Nouvelle d'abord publiée par le journal du Nevada ''Record Courier''{{en}} [http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20070904/NEWS/70904002 Site du ''Record Courier'', puis reprise par la site web officiel de Steve Fossett</ref>{{,}}<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3222,36-951310@51-951313,0.html Nouvelle du journal ''[[Le Monde]]'']</ref>.
+  | title = List of records established by 'Steve  FOSSETT (USA)':
-Steve Fossett, parti pour trois heures, n'a pas déposé de plan de vol et la balise de détresse de l'avion n'a pas été déclenchée. La zone de recherches s'étend ainsi sur une grande surface, 25 900 km<sup>2</sup>, ce qui s'apparente à {{Citation|rechercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin}}<ref>Citation de Chuck Allen, responsable de la police d'État du Nevada, propos rapportés par la presse, [http://www.7sur7.be/hlns/cache/det/art_577484.html]</ref>. Les moyens de recherche ont été très fortement réduits à partir du 18 septembre 2007<ref>[http://www.7sur7.be/hlns/cache/det/art_587095.html]</ref>, sans être officiellement arrêtées, mais n'ont donné aucun résultat après un mois<ref>[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jLadKAWqptGwFHt5Uf-FRIZ2pHSA AFP, 2 octobre 2007]</ref>.
+  | work = History of Aviation and Space World Records
-Le 2 Octobre 2007, le Civil Air Patrol a officiellement cessé les recherches.
+  | publisher = [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]]
-Le 27 Novembre 2007, après plus de trois mois de recherches, sa femme Peggy a demandé à la justice de reconnaitre la mort de son mari.<ref>[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5guxyeRaj5ax8AVPMiI-2rHPW00Zw AFP, 27 novembre 2007]</ref>
+  | url = http://records.fai.org/pilot.asp?from=ga&id=1372
+  | accessdate = 2006-10-26 }}</ref> plus 23 sailing world records ratified by the [[World Sailing Speed Record Council]].
-== Notes et références de l'article ==
+===Balloon pilot===
-<references/>
+On [[February 21]], [[1995]], Fossett landed in Leader, [[Saskatchewan]], [[Canada]], after taking off from [[South Korea]], becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the [[Pacific Ocean]] in a [[Balloon (aircraft)|balloon]].<ref name="apachievements">{{cite web
+  | title = Some of Fossett's Accomplishments
+  | publisher = ''[[Associated Press]]''
+  | url = http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gUoVxe_feAZhnCrXIfPLAxl_i1WQ
+  | accessdate = 2007-09-05 }}</ref>
-== Voir aussi ==
+In 2002, he became the first person to fly around the world alone, nonstop, in a balloon. He launched the 10-story high balloon ''Spirit of Freedom'' from [[Northam, Western Australia|Northam]], [[Western Australia]], on [[June 19]], [[2002]] and returned to Australia on [[July 3]], [[2002]], subsequently landing in [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]. 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).<ref name="apachievements"/>  The balloon dragged him along the ground for 20 minutes at the end of the flight.  The control center for the mission was located in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. Fossett's top speed during the flight was 186 miles per hour over the [[Indian Ocean]]. Only the capsule survived the landing; it was taken to the [[Smithsonian Institution]] in [[Washington, DC]], where it was to be displayed next to [[Charles Lindbergh]]'s plane ''[[Spirit of St. Louis]]''.<ref name="reutersballoon2002">{{cite web
+  | title = U.S. Balloonist Sets Record in Circling Globe
+  | publisher = ''[[Reuters]]''
+  | url = http://www.cpals.net/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t1513.html
+  | accessdate = 2007-09-05 }}</ref>  The trip set a number of records for ballooning: Fastest (200 miles per hour/322 km, breaking his own previous record of 166 miles per hour/270 km), Fastest Around the World (13.5 days), Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon (20,482.26 miles), and 24-Hour Balloon Distance (3,186.80 miles on [[July 1]]).<ref name="noaa">{{cite web
+  | title = NOAA helps guide balloonist around the world
+  | publisher = ''[[NOAA]]''
+  | url = http://www.research.noaa.gov/spotlite/archive/spot_fossett.html
+  | accessdate = 2007-09-05 }}</ref>
-===Bibliographie===
+While Fossett had financed five previous tries himself, his successful record-setting flight was sponsored by [[Bud Light]].<ref name="reutersballoon2002"/>  Fossett said that he hoped his flight would inspire others to achieve their personal goals in their own lives.<ref name="reutersballoon2002"/>
-* [http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/article1640.html Steve Fossett, ''Mes 116 records du monde, en mer et dans les cieux''], Éditions Scali, 2007 {{ISBN|978-2-35012-071-3}}
-===Lien externe===
+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, and 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.<ref name="airportjournal"/>
-*{{en}} [http://www.stevefossett.com/ Site officiel]
-{{Portail maritime}}
+===Sailor===
+Steve Fossett has been one of the world's most accomplished [[sailors]]. Speed sailing is Fossett's speciality 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."<ref name="telegraphJune2007"/>
+On the maxi-catamaran ''Cheyenne'' (formerly named ''PlayStation''), Fossett has twice set the prestigious 24 Hour Record of Sailing. In October 2001, Fossett and his crew set a transatlantic record 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 world record for fastest circumnavigation of the world (58 days, 9 hours) in ''Cheyenne'' with a crew of 13. Both the Transatlantic and Round the World records have been superseded by [[Bruno Peyron]] on ''Orange II''.  As of 1997, Fossett held the world record for crossing the [[Pacific Ocean]] in his 125-foot sailboat, the ''PlayStation'', which he accomplished on his fourth try.<ref name="stanfordalumni"/><ref name="yachtsman"/>
+===Airship pilot===
+Fossett set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships on [[October 27]], [[2004]]. The new record for fastest flight was accomplished with a [[Zeppelin NT]], at a recorded average speed of 62.2 [[knot (speed)|knots]] (115.0&nbsp;km/h, 71.5 mph.) The previous record was 50.1 knots (92.8&nbsp;km/h, 57.7 mph) set in 2001 in a Virgin airship. Fossett is one of only 17 pilots licensed to fly the Zeppelin in the world, as of 2006.<ref name="airportjournal"/>
+===Fixed-wing aircraft pilot===
+====Global Flyer====
+[[Image:Steve Fossett in GlobalFlyer cockpit 1.jpg|thumb|right|Fossett at [[NASA]] [[Kennedy Space Center]]’s Shuttle Landing Facility seated in the [[Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer]] cockpit]]
+Fossett made the first solo non-stop fixed-wing aircraft flight around the world between [[February 28]], [[2005]] and [[March 3]], [[2005]]. He took off from [[Salina, Kansas]] 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&nbsp;km/h) was also the absolute world record for "speed around the world, non-stop and non-refueled." His aircraft, the [[Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer]], had a [[carbon fiber reinforced plastic]] airframe, with a single [[Williams FJ44]] [[turbofan]] engine. It was designed and built by [[Burt Rutan]] and his company, [[Scaled Composites]], for long-distance solo flight. The [[fuel fraction]], the weight of the fuel divided by the weight of the aircraft at take-off, was 83 percent.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11279696/ Fossett sets record for longest nonstop flight] [[February 11]], [[2006]]</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4316599.stm "''Fossett sets solo flight record''"] - [[BBC News]] article dated [[March 3]], [[2005]]</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/03/03/globalflyer.fossett/ "''Fossett makes history''"] - [[CNN.com]] article dated [[March 4]], [[2005]]</ref>
+On [[February 11]][[2006]], Fossett set the absolute world record for "distance without landing" by flying from the [[Kennedy Space Center]], Florida, around the world eastbound, then upon returning to Florida continuing across the [[Atlantic]] a second time to land in [[Bournemouth]], England. The official distance was 25,766 statute miles (41,467&nbsp;km) and the duration was 76 hours 43 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 [[14 March]][[2006]] and returned on [[17 March]][[2006]] after flying 25,262 statute miles (40,655&nbsp;km).
+There are only seven absolute world records for fixed-wing aircraft recognized by the [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] and Fossett broke three of them in the Virgin Atlantic ''Global Flyer''.<ref>[http://records.fai.org/general_aviation/absolute.asp Current Absolute General Aviation World Records]</ref> All three records were previously held by [[Dick Rutan]] and [[Jeana Yeager]] from their flight in the [[Rutan Voyager|Voyager]] in 1986. Fossett has contributed the ''Global Flyer'' to the [[Smithsonian Institution]]’s permanent collection.<ref name="npr2007">{{cite web
+  | title = Adventurer Steve Fossett No Stranger to Tall Odds
+  | publisher = ''[[NPR]]''
+  | url = http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14176484&ft=1&f=3
+  | accessdate = 2007-09-07 }}</ref>  It is on display at the [[Udvar-Hazy Center]] of the Smithsonian’s [[National Air & Space Museum]]. Fossett flew the plane to the Center and taxied the plane to the front door.<ref name="airportjournal"/>
+====Transcontinental aircraft records====
+Fossett set two U.S. transcontinental fixed-wing aircraft records in the same day. On [[February 5]][[2003]], he flew his [[Cessna Citation X]] jet from [[San Diego]], California to [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], South Carolina in 2 hours, 56 minutes, 20 seconds, at an average speed of 726.83 mph (1169.73&nbsp;km/h) to smash the transcontinental record for non-supersonic jets.
+He returned to [[San Diego, California|San Diego]], then flew the same course as co-pilot for fellow adventurer [[Joe Ritchie]] in Ritchie's [[turboprop]] [[Piaggio Avanti]]. Their time was 3 hours, 51 minutes, 52 seconds, an average speed of 546.44 mph (879.46&nbsp;km/h), which broke the previous turboprop transcontinental record held by [[Chuck Yeager]] and Renald Davenport.
+Fossett also set the east-to-west transcontinental record for non-supersonic fixed-wing aircraft on [[17 September]] [[2000]]. He flew from [[Jacksonville]], Florida to [[San Diego]], California in 3 hours, 29 minutes, at an average speed of 591.96 mph (952.67&nbsp;km/h).
+====First trans-Atlantic flight re-creation====
+On [[July 2]], [[2005]], Fossett and co-pilot Mark Rebholz re-created the first nonstop crossing of the Atlantic which was made by the British team of [[Alcock and Brown|John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown]] in June 1919 in a [[Vickers Vimy]] biplane. Their flight from [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John’s, Newfoundland]], Canada to [[Clifden]], 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 Connemarra Golf Course.<ref name="airportjournal"/>
+====Glider records====
+The team of Steve Fossett and Terry Delore (NZL) have set ten official world records in gliders while flying in three major locations: New Zealand, Argentina and Nevada, USA. An asterisk (*) indicates records subsequently broken by other pilots.
+* Distance (Free) World Record 2192.9&nbsp;km, [[4 December]][[2004]]).<ref>{{cite web
+  | title = Gliding World Records: Sub-class DO (Open Class Gliders) Free Distance:
+  | work = History of Aviation and Space World Records
+  | publisher = [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]]
+  | url = http://records.fai.org/gliding/history.asp?id1=DO&id2=1&id3=420
+  | accessdate = 2007-11-16}}</ref>
+* Triangle Distance (Free) World Record* 1509.7&nbsp;km, [[13 December]][[2003]]).<ref>{{cite web
+  | title = Gliding World Records: Sub-class DO (Open Class Gliders) Distance over a triangular course:
+  | work = History of Aviation and Space World Records
+  | publisher = [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]]
+  | url = http://records.fai.org/gliding/history.asp?id1=DO&id2=1&id3=16
+  | accessdate = 2007-11-16}}</ref>
+* Out and Return Distance (Free) World Record* 2002.44&nbsp;km, [[14 November]][[2003]]).<ref>{{cite web
+  | title = Gliding World Records: Sub-class DO (Open Class Gliders) Free out-and-return distance:
+  | work = History of Aviation and Space World Records
+  | publisher = [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]]
+  | url = http://records.fai.org/gliding/history.asp?id1=DO&id2=1&id3=391
+  | accessdate = 2007-11-16}}</ref>
+* 1500 Kilometer Triangle World Record 119.11&nbsp;km/h (74.02 mph), [[13 December]][[2003]].<ref>{{cite web
+  | title = Gliding World Records: Sub-class DO (Open Class Gliders) Speed over a triangular course of 1500 km:
+  | work = History of Aviation and Space World Records
+  | publisher = [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]]
+  | url = http://records.fai.org/gliding/history.asp?id1=DO&id2=1&id3=96
+  | accessdate = 2007-11-16}}</ref>
+* 1250 Kilometer Triangle U.S. National Record 143.48&nbsp;km/h (89.51 mph). Exceeded world record by 0.01&nbsp;km/h, [[30 July]][[2003]].<ref>{{cite web
+  | title = Gliding World Records: Sub-class DO (Open Class Gliders) Speed over a triangular course of 1250 km:
+  | work = History of Aviation and Space World Records
+  | publisher = [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]]
+  | url = http://records.fai.org/gliding/history.asp?id1=DO&id2=1&id3=95
+  | accessdate = 2007-11-16}}</ref>
+* 750 Kilometer Triangle World Record* 171.29&nbsp;km/h (106.44 mph), [[29 July]][[2003]].<ref>{{cite web
+  | title = Gliding World Records: Sub-class DO (Open Class Gliders) Speed over a triangular course of 750 km:
+  | work = History of Aviation and Space World Records
+  | publisher = [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]]
+  | url = http://records.fai.org/gliding/history.asp?id1=DO&id2=1&id3=93
+  | accessdate = 2007-11-16}}</ref>
+* 500 Kilometer Triangle World Record* 187.12&nbsp;km/h (116.27 mph), [[15 November]][[2003]].<ref>{{cite web
+  | title = Gliding World Records: Sub-class DO (Open Class Gliders) Speed over a triangular course of 500 km:
+  | work = History of Aviation and Space World Records
+  | publisher = [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]]
+  | url = http://records.fai.org/gliding/history.asp?id1=DO&id2=1&id3=92
+  | accessdate = 2007-11-16}}</ref>
+* 1000&nbsp;km Out-and-Return World Record* 166.46&nbsp;km/h (103.44 mph), [[12 December]][[2002]].<ref>{{cite web
+  | title = Gliding World Records: Sub-class DO (Open Class Gliders) Speed over an out-and-return course of 1000 km:
+  | work = History of Aviation and Space World Records
+  | publisher = [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]]
+  | url = http://records.fai.org/gliding/history.asp?id1=DO&id2=1&id3=410
+  | accessdate = 2007-11-16}}</ref>
+* 1500&nbsp;km Out-and-Return World Record* 156.61&nbsp;km/h (97.30 mph), [[14 November]][[2003]].<ref>{{cite web
+  | title = Gliding World Records: Sub-class DO (Open Class Gliders) Speed over an out-and-return course of 1500 km:
+  | work = History of Aviation and Space World Records
+  | publisher = [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]]
+  | url = http://records.fai.org/gliding/history.asp?id1=DO&id2=1&id3=411
+  | accessdate = 2007-11-16}}</ref>
+* Triangle Distance (Declared) World Record* 1502.6&nbsp;km, [[13 December]][[2003]].
+* Out-and-Return Distance (Declared) World Record* 1804.7&nbsp;km, [[14 November]][[2003]].
+Fossett and co-pilot [[Einar Enevoldson]] flew a glider into the [[stratosphere]] on [[August 29]][[2006]].  The flight set the [[Flight altitude record|Absolute Altitude Record]] for gliders at 50,727 feet (15,460 m).<ref>{{cite web
+  | title = Gliding World Records: Sub-class DO (Open Class Gliders) Absolute altitude:
+  | work = History of Aviation and Space World Records
+  | publisher = [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]]
+  | url = http://records.fai.org/gliding/history.asp?id1=DO&id2=1&id3=98
+  | accessdate = 2007-11-16}}</ref> Since the glider cockpit was unpressurized, the pilots wore full [[pressure suit]]s (similar to space suits) so that they would be able to fly to altitudes above 45,000 feet.  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 [[Perlan Project]].
+===Cross-country skiing===
+As a young adventurer, Fossett was one of the first participants in the [[Worldloppet]], a series of cross country ski 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 [[Aspen]] to [[Vail, Colorado|Vail]] record of 59 hr, 53 min, 30 sec in February 1998, and an Aspen to [[Eagle, Colorado|Eagle]] record of 12 hr, 29 min in February 2001.<ref name="airportjournal"/>
+===Mountain climbing===
+Fossett is a lifelong [[mountain climbing|mountain climber]] and has climbed the highest peaks on six of the seven continents.<ref name="stanfordalumni"/><ref name="foxnews"/>  In the 1980s, he became friends with [[Patrick Morrow]], who was attempting to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents for the "[[Seven Summits]]" world record (which Morrow did achieve in 1985). Fossett accompanied Morrow for his last three peaks, including [[Vinson Massif]] in [[Antarctica]], [[Carstensz Pyramid]] in [[Oceania]], and [[Elbrus]] in Europe.<ref name="airportjournal"/> While Fossett went on to climb almost all of the Seven Summits peaks himself, he declined to climb [[Mount Everest]] in 1992 due to [[asthma]].<ref name="airportjournal"/> He also later returned to Antarctica to climb again.
+===Other accomplishments===
+Fossett has competed in and completed premier endurance sports events, including the 1,165 mile [[Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race]], 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 [[English Channel]] on his fourth try in September 1985 with a time of 22 hours, 15 minutes.<ref name="apachievements"/><ref name="stanfordalumni"/><ref name="airportjournal"/> 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.<ref name="airportjournal"/> Fossett has run in the [[Ironman Triathlon]] in [[Hawaii]]<ref name="stlpostdispatch"/> (finishing in 1996 in 15:53:10),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ironman.com/assets/files/results/worldchampionship/1996.htm
+|title=1996 Ironman Triathlon World Championship
+|accessdate=2007-09-07}} </ref> the [[Boston Marathon]], and the [[Leadville Trail 100]], a 100-mile [[Colorado]] [[ultramarathon]] which involves running up elevations of more than 14,000 feet in the [[Rocky Mountains]].<ref name="stanfordalumni"/><ref name="cnnstory2"/>
+Fossett had raced cars in the mid-1970s and later returned to the sport in the 1990s.<ref name="airportjournal"/> He competed in the [[24 hours of Le Mans]] road race twice, in 1993 and in 1996,<ref name="USAToday2006"/><ref name="foxnews"/> along with the [[Paris]] to [[Dakar]] Auto Rally.<ref name="stanfordalumni"/>
+===Previous attempts at records===
+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.<ref name="reutersballoon2002"/>  One unsuccessful balloon flight ended when Fossett plummeted five miles into the [[Coral Sea]] off [[Australia]].<ref name="npr2007"/>  Two of the attempts were launched from [[Busch Stadium]] in [[St. Louis]], and Washington University in St. Louis served as control center for four of the six flights, including the record-breaking one.<ref name="stlpostdispatch"/>
+In 1998, one of the unsuccessful attempts at the ballooning record ended with a five-mile plummet into the [[Coral Sea]] off the coast of [[Australia]] that nearly killed Fossett; he waited 72 hours to be rescued, at a cost of $500,000.<ref name="stlpostdispatch"/><ref name="knightridder2002">{{cite web
+  | title =  What did Steve Fossett do for us?
+  | publisher = ''[[Knight-Ridder]]''
+  | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-120230678.html
+  | accessdate = 2007-09-08 }}</ref><ref name="cbseveningnews">{{cite web
+  | title =   Steve Fossett Breaks Ballooning World Record
+  | publisher = ''[[CBS News]]''
+  | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-54087549.html
+  | accessdate = 2007-09-08 }}</ref>  The first attempt began in the Black Hills of [[South Dakota]] and ended in [[New Brunswick]] 1800 miles later. The second attempt, launched from Busch Stadium, cost $300,000 and lasted 9,600 miles before being downed halfway in a tree in [[India]]; 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 ''[[Spirit of St. Louis]]''.<ref name="stlpostdispatch"/><ref name="stanfordalumni"/> 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 [[Libya]] 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 Richard Branson) in part due to his ability to fly in an un-pressurized capsule, a result of his heavy physical training at high altitudes.<ref name="stanfordalumni"/>  The ''Solo Spirit'' capsule was put on display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum across from the ''[[Apollo 11]]''.<ref name="stanfordalumni"/>
+After making an unscheduled landing in a plane, Fossett once walked 30 miles for help.<ref name="cnnstory2"/>
+==Awards and honors==
+In 2002, Fossett received aviation's highest award, the Gold Medal of the [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] (FAI) and in July 2007, he was inducted into the [[National Aviation Hall of Fame|Aviation Hall of Fame]].<ref name="telegraphJune2007"/>  He was presented at the ceremony by [[Dick Rutan]].
+In 1997, Fossett was inducted into the Balloon and Airship Hall of Fame.<ref name="airportjournal"/> In February 2002, Fossett was named America's [[Rolex]] Yachtsman of the Year by the [[American Sailing Association]] at the [[New York Yacht Club]].<ref name="yachtsman"/> He was the oldest recipient of the award in its 41-year history, and he was the only recipient to fly himself to the ceremony in his own plane.<ref name="yachtsman"/>
+He received the Explorers Medal from the [[Explorers Club]] following his solo balloon circumnavigation. He was given the Diplôme de Montgolfier by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale in 1996. He received the [[Harmon Trophy]], given annually "to the world's outstanding aviator and aeronaut", in 1998 and 2002. He received the Grande Médaille de l'Aéro Club de France and the British Royal Aero Club's Gold Medal in 2002. He received the [[Order of Magellan]] and the Médaille de l'Aéronautique République Française in 2003.<ref name="airportjournal"/>
+Fossett has also received numerous awards related to his work with the [[Boy Scouts of America]], where he has been called a "legend" among fellow scouts.<ref name="jacksonsun">{{cite news
+  | last =Beadle
+  | first =Nicholas
+  | title =Missing adventurer Steve Fossett has tenuous ties to area
+  | publisher =''Jackson Sun''
+  | date =[[September 12]], [[2007]]
+  | url =http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070906/NEWS01/709060304/1002
+  | accessdate =2007-09-12  }}</ref> In 2007, Fossett succeeded Secretary of Defense [[Robert Gates]] as president of the [[National Eagle Scout Association]]. Fossett is a longtime member of the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America<ref name=boyscoutsPR/> and a former member of the [[World Scout Committee]].<ref name="airportjournal"/> Fossett has received both the [[Distinguished Eagle Scout Award]] and the [[Silver Buffalo]] award.<ref name=boyscoutsPR/> He is also a member of the [[Order of the Arrow]], the Boy Scouts' honor society.<ref name=boyscoutsPR/>
+==Disappearance and search==
+{{see|Disappearance of Steve Fossett}}
+{{wikinews|Adventurer Steve Fossett missing}}
+At 8:45 am, on Monday, [[September 3]][[2007]], Fossett took off in a single-engine [[Bellanca]] [[American Champion Decathlon|Super Decathlon]] [[airplane]] from a private airstrip known as [[Flying-M Ranch]] ({{coor dms|38|36|13|N|119|00|11|W|type:airport|name=Flying-M Ranch}}), near [[Smith Valley, Nevada|Smith Valley]], [[Nevada]], 30 miles south of [[Yerington, Nevada|Yerington]], near [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]] and the California border.  It was initially believed that Fossett was searching for a suitable lake bed (a [[playa]]) for a world land speed record attempt.<ref name="BYM">{{cite web |url=http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=14800 |title=Steve Fossett was looking for lake beds suitable for land speed record attempt |accessdate = 2007-09-04 |author=  |date=2007-09-04 |format= |work=BYM Marine & Maritime News  |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=There is no indication as to why a signal has not been received from the plane’s emergency beacon.}}</ref>
+By [[September 10]], search crews had found eight previously uncharted crash sites,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/09/10/MNF0S2BJT.DTL |title=Search for Fossett turns up wrecks of 8 other small planes |accessdate = 2007-09-10 |author= Friess, Steve |date=[[2007-09-10]] |work= [[San Francisco Chronicle]] |publisher=Hearst Communications Inc. |pages= p. A-1  |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=The search for Fossett across a 17,000-square-mile swath of the Sierra Nevada has revealed the wreckage of eight other small planes...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-09-10-fossett_N.htm | title = Searchers frustrated over Fossett search | accessdate = 2007-09-14 |date = [[2007-09-10]]| author=[[Associated Press]] | work = [[USA Today]]|quote=...search parties have spotted wreckage of eight other airplanes that had been lost for years in and around the rugged mountains of western Nevada.}}</ref>
+some decades old,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.montereyherald.com/ci_6836636 |title= Vast, desolate area hinders Fossett search |accessdate = 2007-09-10 |author= Riley, Brendan |date=[[2007-09-08]] |work= Monterey Herald|publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=...another downed plane Friday that was spotted on a hillside about 45 miles southeast of Reno...turned out to be an old crash, a plane last registered in Oregon in 1975}}</ref>
+but none related to Fossett's disappearance. About two dozen aircraft were involved in the search. Satellite imagery was also used to assist in the search.<ref name="mturk">Amazon Mechanical Turk, [http://www.mturk.com/mturk/preview?groupId=9TSZK4G35XEZJZG21T60&kw=Flash Steve Fossett Missing: Help find him by searching satellite imagery] project</ref><ref name="wired 11 sept">[http://www.wired.com/software/webservices/news/2007/09/distributed_search 50,000 Volunteers Join Distributed Search For Steve Fossett], [[Wired News]], By Steve Friess, [[11 September]] [[2007]], 2:00 p.m.</ref>  Survival experts hosted by news organizations, CNN and MSNBC, reported on [[September 12]] that Fossett was likely to be dead.<ref>{{cite news |date=[[September 11]] [[2007]]|title=Steve Fossett likely dead, survival experts say|publisher=[[MSNBC]] |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20732023|accessdate=2007-11-13}} </ref>
+On [[October 2]], the [[Civil Air Patrol]] announced it had called off its search operation.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/02/missing.millionaire/index.html | title =  Search called off for adventurous aviator Steve Fossett | accessdate = 2007-10-03 | author=  CNN |  date = [[2007-10-03]] | work = [[CNN]] News| quote=The Civil Air Patrol has called off the search for multimillionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, nearly a month after he took off from a Nevada ranch, the agency announced Tuesday...}}</ref> However privately funded and directed search efforts continued, including the use of a dedicated jet aircraft from High Altitude Mapping Missions Inc. to produce images at significantly higher resolution than available from satellites.
+On [[November 26]], [[2007]] Mrs. Fossett filed a petition in [[Cook County, Illinois]]'s Circuit Court to have Steve Fossett declared legally dead.<ref name="yahoo-20071126"> {{cite web | url = http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071126/ap_on_re_us/steve_fossett_1 | title = Court asked to declare Fossett dead | accessdate = 2007-11-26 }} </ref>
+==See also==
+* [[List of Eagle Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)]]
+==References==
+{{reflist|2}}
+==Further reading==
+* ''Chasing the Wind: The Autobiography of Steve Fossett'', 2006
+==External links==
+*[http://www.stevefossett.com/ Official website]
+*[http://www.lawlervideos.com/ Links to QuickTime videos, including a virtual tour inside the GlobalFlyer]
+*[http://mturk.com Amazon's Mechanical Turk]
+*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/birdlike/1341526799/ Painting of Gobal Flyer]
+*[http://www.violentskies.com/search-for-steve-fossett/index.html Manual Sightings (from Storm Chasing Tours company, Violent Skies)]
+*{{cite web|title=FAI Awards received by Steve FOSSETT (USA)|publisher=Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI)|url=http://www.fai.org/awards/recipient.asp?id=2008|accessdate=2007-10-31}}
+*{{cite web|title=List of records established by 'Steve  FOSSETT (USA)'|publisher=Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI)||url=http://records.fai.org/pilot.asp?from=ga&id=1372|accessdate=2007-10-31}}
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