MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. -- Searchers found the wreckage of Steve Fossett's airplane in California's rugged Sierra Nevada just over a year after the millionaire adventurer vanished on a solo flight, and ...

HAWTHORNE, Nev. -- A year after the Labor Day 2007 disappearance of famed aviator and adventurer Steve Fossett, a team made up of friends and admirers is searching for some sign of him or his small ...

A Frenchwoman made it in the 18th century and so did a team who finished their mission on solar plane this year. By The New York Times In reaching Challenger Deep, James Cameron has fulfilled a quest ...

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif.—More than a year after the mysterious disappearance of millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, searchers have found the wreckage of his plane in the rugged Sierra Nevada mountains ...

While the Civil Air Patrol has scaled back its search for Steve Fossett, more than a dozen privately funded planes and helicopters are flying out of hotel mogul Barron Hilton’s ranch 80 miles south of ...

LAS VEGAS – British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson said Monday he had all but given up hope that explorer Steve Fossett would be found alive. Speaking on NBC's "Today" show, Branson described his ...

TODAY: (Updated 2:02 p.m.) RENO, Nev. — Teams searched rugged terrain Tuesday for a plane carrying aviation adventurer Steve Fossett, the first person to circle the world solo in a balloon, but crews ...

RENO, Nev. - Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who has cheated death time and again in his successful pursuit of aviation records, was missing Tuesday after taking off in a single-engine plane the ...

After a hiker found some of Fossett’s ID documents in eastern California while on a trail in the Sierra Nevadas, a search team has found what looks to be the wreckage of the record-breaking pilot’s ...

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