Last year, the Riverfront Times anointed Nelly the Best St. Louisan; the readers, in their infinite wisdom, picked Joe Edwards. Instead of giving long-overdue props to a certain civic-minded ...

He was one of Steve Fossett and Richard Branson's competitors in another adventure... looping the globe in a hot-air balloon. Piccard did it first, Fossett did it solo. Bertrand Piccard ...

used by the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Fossett is best known for his 116 world record-breaking feats, of which 76 stand to this day. Past forms of motivation include airplanes, balloons, gliders ...

The search for US adventurer Steve Fossett has been scaled back two weeks after his plane vanished over the Nevada wilderness, officials say. Nevada Civil Air Patrol has suspended aerial searches ...

On this day in 2005, Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling. Fossett was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator ...

When millionaire Steve Fossett’s plane went missing over the ... dating back to British billionaire Richard Branson’s hot air balloon exploits in the 1990s. “This should never be solely ...