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...Time it took millionaire pilot Steve Fossett to fly around the world without stopping to refuel...
...income, can afford ballooning (the rides cost anywhere from $150 to $225 an hour per person). These seasoned travelers have already been to the world's great cities, and may be looking to try something different at this point in their lives, Jones notes. And the inspiration of Steve Fossett's recent round-the-world balloon flight at age 58 hasn't hurt. "Ballooning is a sport that takes time, patience and some money, which works well when the kids are grown up and out of the house," says Jones. "I'm 37, and I feel like a kid when...
Until STEVE FOSSETT, a hot-air-balloon ride seemed like a serene activity for surveying pastoral landscapes, best undertaken with foie gras and a fine wine. But the Chicago millionaire has turned ballooning into an endurance sport requiring deprivation and a ground crew. Since 1998, the adventurer has tried to complete the first solo circumnavigation of the globe by balloon. After five attempts--most of which ended abruptly in large bodies of water--he made it. But by staying far south, he shortened what would have been a nearly 25,000-mile journey at the equator to 19,428 miles...
...Winners STEVE FOSSETT U.S. millionaire is first solo balloonist to circumnavigate the world. His immortal first words on landing: "Wait, what's an airplane...
...STEVE FOSSETT Chicago millionaire gets only halfway around world, still sets solo balloon record. Try again...