Steve Fossett, the millionaire businessman and adventurer perhaps best known for circumnavigating the world nonstop in a hot air balloon, was preparing to break the absolute land speed record — 763 miles per hour — when he died. He was declared dead after the single-engine plane he was piloting disappeared over the east-central mountains of California in September 2007. (The plane and Mr. Fossett’s remains were later discovered near Mammoth Lakes, Calif.)
The entire land speed record project … Details & Picture
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