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Fossett Makes History

by Erik Olsen on Mar 3, 2005

He did it. Despite fears that he would run out of fuel, explorer and adventurer Steve Fossett has completed the
first-ever around-the-globe solo flight. Touching down just a bit
ago, at the Kansas airport where he started he stepped out of the cockpit to a warm greeting of a roaring crowd and
into history.

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