Steve Fossett

Fossett gets ready to take off in the Spirit of Freedom. The capsule in which he is standing now belongs to the Smithsonian Institute.
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Fossett gets ready to take off in the Spirit of Freedom. The capsule in which he is standing now belongs to the Smithsonian Institute.

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