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Steve Fossett. James Stephen Fossett (April 22, 1944 – September 3, 2007) was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer. He was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon and in a fixed-wing aircraft. He made his fortune in the financial services industry and held world records for ...
This is a list of episodes of Disappeared, a television program broadcast on the Investigation Discovery network that documents missing persons cases.The program was first aired in December 2009, with subsequent seasons shown through 2013, and, after a three-year hiatus, resumed in 2016 through 2018.
Spirit of Freedom balloon was a Rozière balloon designed and built by Donald Cameron and Tim Cole. In 2002 solo pilot Steve Fossett flew the Spirit of Freedom to become the first successful around-the-world nonstop solo flight in any kind of aircraft. On June 19, 2002, the 10-story-high balloon Spirit of Freedom lifted off from Northam ...
When millionaire Steve Fossett’s plane went missing over the Nevada range in 2007, the swashbuckling adventurer had already been the subject of two prior emergency rescue operations thousands of ...
The Scaled Composites Model 311 Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer (registered N277SF) is an aircraft designed by Burt Rutan in which Steve Fossett first flew a solo nonstop airplane flight around the world in slightly more than 67 hours (2 days 19 hours) in 2005. The flight speed of 342 miles per hour (550 km/h) set the world record for the fastest ...
The episode garnered 6.30 million viewers, surpassing the previous episode's 6 million. In the key 18–49 demographic, it achieved a 1.3/7 rating/share, marking a two-tenths increase from the prior episode and the highest rating since the mid-season premiere, "Help Me Through the Night". [14]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 September 2024. American television series (2004–2010) Lost Genre Adventure Mystery Science fiction Serial drama Supernatural Survival Thriller Created by Jeffrey Lieber J. J. Abrams Damon Lindelof Showrunners Damon Lindelof Carlton Cuse Starring Naveen Andrews Emilie de Ravin Matthew Fox Jorge ...
It was originally ordered by Steve Fossett for an attempt on the Challenger Deep, to become the first solo dive there. [1] [2] Planning for the submersible started in 2000. [3] It was put on the order sheet in 2005, with a depth capability of 11,000 metres (37,000 ft). [3] [4] The craft was named Challenger by Fossett after the Challenger Deep. [4]