On 27 October 2004, the American adventurer Steve Fossett set a new speed record in a Zeppelin NT airship. His speed of 115 km/h still stands today, 20 years on, as an absolute record. See record file ...

MINDEN, Nev. – Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who has cheated death time and again in his successful pursuit of aviation records, was missing Tuesday after taking off in a single-engine ...

About Steve Fossett. ... He set marks for speed or distance in balloons, airplanes, gliders, sailboats — even cross-country skis and an airship, according to his Web site.

GlobalFlyer pilot Steve Fossett waves to the crowd in this March 3, 2005, file photo, at the Salina Municipal Airport. Fossett flew out of Salina on the world's first solo trip around the globe ...

MINDEN, Nev. -- Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who has cheated death time and again in his successful pursuit of aviation records, was missing Tuesday after taking off in a single-engine ...

Steve had fuel for four hours and flew at a hundred miles an hour, Hilton says. Those are the facts, adds the 80-year-old white-haired man with the cigar and the wide-open shirt, son of the hotel ...

MINDEN (AP) - Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who has cheated death time and again in his successful pursuit of aviation records, was missing Tuesday after taking off in a ...

Virgin megamogul Richard Branson is using Google satellite maps in a desperate attempt to find his missing millionaire-adventurer friend, Steve Fossett. Google’s technology can study pictures… ...

MINDEN, Nev – Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett's admirers were counting on his grit and experience Wednesday as rescuers searched for his small plane, missing for more than a day in the ...

MINDEN, Nev. — Steve Fossett doesn’t give up easily. It took him four tries to swim across the English Channel and six to fulfill his dream of becoming the first person to fly around the world ...

Steve Fossett, 50, of Chicago may do those things, but he has other interests, including climbing mountains and running the Iditarod dog sled race in Alaska.