Steve Fossett poses with the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer after piloting the globe-circling plane from Salina, Kan., to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center on May 23, 2006 in Chantilly, Va. In 2002, Fossett became the first person to fly around the world alone in a balloon.
(Photo: GETTY IMAGES/Chip Somodevilla)
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