Steve Fossett after landing in Kansas: "That was something I wanted to do for a long time, it was a major ambition." It took him just 67 hours to fly solo around the globe without stopping and re ...

The search for US adventurer Steve Fossett has been scaled back two weeks ... In March 2005, he became the first to fly a plane solo, non-stop around the globe.

Fossett was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer. He made his fortune in the ...