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(The First Person to Fly Solo Nonstop Around the World in a Balloon and in a Fixed-Wing Aircraft) Apart from being the first solo balloonist to circumnavigate the world, Steve Fossett also competed the first non-stop solo flight across the world. The adventurer also owned a securities company. His plane went missing on a 2007 mission in western Nevada, and he was declared dead on the discovery of the wreckage.
