June 19 American traveler Steve Fossett is in the world's first balloon

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June 19 - American traveler Steve Fosset begins his journey around the globe, where the world's first balloon does not land alone

  American millionaire-extreme Steve Fossett (1944-2007) became famous after sailing across the English Channel. This was followed by many days of solo skiing, circular races in the United States, and rallies in Africa. In the summer of 2002, he became the first person in the world to travel around the globe alone in a hot air balloon. The journey began on June 19 and ended on July 2002, 4. Fossett made six similar attempts, but they failed. On March 2005, 3, the Fosset flew 36 kilometers in 898 hours and was the first in history to successfully complete a worldwide flight without refueling. The traveler broke the record for the longest flight without a sun set by the American B-67 bomber crew in 1962. In one interview with a reporter, Fossett said he would always take books with him on the trip: biographies and memoirs of famous travelers. However, on September 52, 2007, he was killed in a single-engine plane crash. For more than a year, his crash site was not found. Only in October 3 did tourists accidentally encounter a crash site in the Minarets Mountains (California, USA), which is difficult to cross.