Steve Chawkins

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Steve Fossett  was the first man to circumnavigate the world in a hot-air balloon and the first to fly an airplane solo around the globe without refueling.

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Steve Fossett was the first man to circumnavigate the world in a hot-air balloon and the first to fly an airplane solo around the globe without refueling.

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