Feb 15 2008
From The Space Library
Judge Jeffery A. Malak, of Cook County, Illinois, declared James Stephen “Steve” Fossett legally dead after search-and-rescue missions failed to find the missing 63-year-old adventurer. Fossett had disappeared on 3 September 2007, never to return, after taking off in his singleengine airplane from a ranch near Yerington, Nevada. Fossett had not filed a flight plan. A wealthy retired commodities trader, Fossett had set more than 100 world records with his exploits. Among his other feats, he had won a 2002 record as the first person to fly alone around the world in a hot-air balloon; a 2005 record as the first airplane pilot to circumnavigate the globe without stopping to refuel; a 2006 record for nonstop distance flight in an aircraft; and a 2006 altitude record for reaching the stratosphere in a glider.
Margalit Fox, “Steve Fossett, Missing Adventurer, Is Declared Dead at 63,” New York Times, 16 February 2008.
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