What is Steve Fossett?
[[File:Steve Fossett 10.22.04 287.jpg|thumb|200px|Fossett in 2004]] '''James Stephen Fossett''' (April 22, 1944 – September 3, 2007) was an [[Americans|American]] businessman and a record-setting [[aviator]], sailor and adventurer. In 2002, he became the first balloonist to [[Circumnavigation|circumnavigate]] the world alone. In 2005, he completed the first nonstop global flight in an airplane by himself.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Steve-Fossett|title=Steve Fossett|publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica|Britannica.com]]|access-date=February 13, 2020}}</ref> He was also known for his friendship with billionaire [[Richard Branson]]. Branson's [[Virgin Group]] sponsored some of Fossett's adventures. Fossett was born in [[Jackson, Tennessee]]. He grew up in [[Garden Grove, California]]. He attended [[Washington University in St. Louis]] and [[Stanford University]]. In 1968, Fossett married Peggy Fossett (''[[née]]'' Viehland), originally from [[Richmond Heights, Missouri]]. The couple had homes in [[Beaver Creek, Colorado]], [[Chicago, Illinois]] and [[Carmel, California]]. On September 3, 2007, Fossett went missing while flying a light aircraft over the [[Great Basin Desert]]. A year later, in September 2008, a hiker found some of Fossett's belongings in the [[Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nevada mountain range]], [[California]]. This lead to the discovery of his aircraft and some of his remains.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/us/03fossett.html|author1=McKinley, Jess|author2=Friess, Steve|title=Remains Are Found at Site of Fossett Plane Crash|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 2, 2008|access-date=February 13, 2020|location=[[Mammoth Lakes, California]]}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fossett, Steve}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2007 deaths]] [[Category:American aviators]] [[Category:Aviation deaths in the United States]] [[Category:Businesspeople from California]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Ten