Part-time adventurer and Chicago millionaire Steve Fossett made history on Thursday afternoon becoming the first person to fly solo around-the-world without refueling.
Fossett left on his four-day journey on Monday evening from Salina Municipal Airport in Salina, Kansas aboard his single-engine Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer plane.
The 60-year-old endured a lack of sleep, food and even fuel during his 23,000 mile journey.
The attempt was in jeopardy late Wednesday when his on-ground crew realized the plane was short 2,600 pounds of fuel. Fortunately, the winds remained strong enough to allow Fossett to complete his journey landing the plane at 2:50pm EST back in Salina some 67 hours after takeoff...
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