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Steve Fossett

Steve Fossett (born 1944) is an American millionaire and adventurer.

On February 21, 1995 Fossett landed in Leader, Saskatchewan[?], Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.

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