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Mountain Downdrafts Blamed in Death of Record-Setting Pilot

 

By MATTHEW L. WALD

Published: July 9, 2009

 

WASHINGTON — Steve Fossett, who was the first person to complete a solo, nonstop flight around the world in a hot-air balloon and the first to fly an airplane solo around the world nonstop, died on a simple pleasure flight two years ago because he ran into a mountain downdraft, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday.

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