Adventurer’s Balloon Trip Gone With the Wind
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Steve Fossett’s dream of becoming the first person to fly a balloon solo around the world was deflated again when the American millionaire’s balloon was ripped in gusting wind during inflation in western Australia.
The 57-year-old former stockbroker-turned-adventurer said the damage to the Solo Spirit balloon was too great to allow another attempt this year.
He hinted at the launch site in the outback mining town of Kalgoorlie that he might give up the goal altogether.
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