Fossett's Flight Recorded in Headlines

Feb 1 - Fossett ready for non-stop tour
Feb 4 - Weather grounds flight for world record
Feb 8 - Jet stream delays launch of solo, non-stop trip around the world

Feb 20 - All eyes on Salina as historic flight nears takeoff
Feb 22 - Fossett's attempt at world-record flight delayed again
Feb 26 - Record-Setting Round-the-World Flight Could Start Monday
Feb 27 - Record-Setting Flight Attempt Set for Tomorrow

Feb 28 - Fossett prepares to break last great aviation record
Feb 28 - Friendly skies await start of aviator's global adventure
feb 28 - Record-breaking flight attempt set for afternoon takeoff
Feb 28 - Fossett takeoff delayed

Feb 28 - Fossett jet ready to take wing
Feb 28 - GlobalFlyer pilot plans early evening take-off
Feb 28 - Globe-girdling plane cleared for takeoff
Feb 28 - Fossett Finally Flies

Feb 28 - Fossett Takes Off for Around the World Flight Attempt
Feb 28 - Successful Take-Off for the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer
Feb 28 - Journey begins
Feb 28 - Jittery Fossett begins record attempt

Feb 28 - Fossett tries solo, non-stop world flight
Feb 28 - Daredevil Fossett won't stop in shot at seven flight records
Feb 28 - GlobalFlyer's destination: history
Feb 28 - Non-stop circumnavigatory flight begins

Mar 1 - One big ego soars to new heights
Mar 1 - Fossett On His Way in Attempt To Circumnavigate Globe
Mar 1 - Salina dubbed Mission Control

Mar 1 - GlobalFlyer off to a good start in non-stop, round-the-world flight
Mar 1 - THE FLIGHT STUFF
Mar 1 - Around The World, No Rest Stops

Mar 1 - Adventurer Optimistic About Round-the-World Flight
Mar 1 - Fossett reports smooth flying on circumnavigation
Mar 1 - Millionaire reporting no problems in attempt at first nonstop, solo flight around the world

Mar 1 - Fossett's round-the-world flight hit by GPS failure
Mar 1 - Fossett gets a scare
Mar 1 - Navigation Blip Hits Round-the-World Flyer

Mar 2 - Flying Blind
Mar 2 - FOSSET'S HIGH DRAMA
Mar 2 - Record flight attempt overcomes equipment problem

Mar 2 - Pilot fine starting solo round-the-world bid
Mar 2 - Fossett Flying High Over the Atlantic
Mar 2 - Millionaire Fossett 1/4 of the way to flight record

Mar 2 - Control: It's on course, or even ahead
Mar 2 - Chicago millionaire's flight 'going very well'
Mar 2 - Fossett reached North Africa in his around-the-globe trip

Mar 2 - Experimental Jet Soars Over Libya
Mar 2 - Globe-spanning plane passes over Africa
Mar 2 - All going well as flyer races around world

Mar 2 - Fossett to fly over Bahrain in record bid
Mar 2 - Record-seeking pilot soars across North Africa and the Middle East
Mar 2 - Fossett over Middle East in round-the-world bid

Mar 2 - GlobalFlyer approaches Pakistan in round-the-world flight
Mar 2 - GlobalFlyer nears Karachi in historic non-stop flight
Mar 2 - Fossett’s aviation bid runs into rough weather

Mar 2 - Fossett soars eastward over Asia on round-the-world bid
Mar 2 - Halfway mark near in record flight attempt
Mar 2 - Calcutta on world solo flight radar

Mar 2 - Fossett reaches half-way point on round-the-world flight attempt
Mar 2 - Millionaire adventurer still on track for 1st solo, non-stop round-the-world flight
Mar 2 - Pilot soars over Asia

Mar 2 - Fossett alert over India, on second sleepless day of round-the-world flight attempt
Mar 2 - Faulty fuel gauge may foil flight
Mar 2 - Halfway horror: Fossett low on fuel

Mar 2 - Fossett over China after passing half-way point on round-the-world flight attempt
Mar 2 - GlobalFlyer Has 15 Percent Less Fuel Than Expected
Mar 2 - Fuel loss crushes Fossett's global expedition
Mar 2 - Fossett's Journey Could End in Hawaii

Mar 2 - Adventurer faces fuel crisis in solo flight
Mar 2 - Fossett's dream of solo jet record fading
Mar 2 - To Hawaii, then decide

Mar 3 - Globe-circling pilot risks long ocean crossing
Mar 3 - Fossett Flight in Jeopardy
Mar 3 - Mystery fuel loss threatens Fossett's solo record flight
Mar 3 – ‘Missing’ fuel may scupper Fossett flight

Mar 3 - Fossett to push on to at least Hawaii in GlobalFlyer
Mar 3 - Fossett decides to keep flying -- for now
Mar 3 - Millionaire pilot Fossett not landing in Hawaii
Mar 3 - At 21:30CST (03:30UTC) Steve Fossett relayed by satellite phone to Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer Mission Control Director Kevin Stass "let’s go for it"

Mar 3 - Fossett, team decided to cross Pacific despite fuel problems
Mar 3 - The Right Stuff
Mar 3 - Fuel Problem Won't Stop Fossett

Mar 3 - Fossett on target for the record books
Mar 3 - Exhaustion sets in as Fossett enters final stretch of non-stop round-the-world flight
Mar 3 - Global Solo Flight Nears US West Coast

Mar 3 - Power Naps
Mar 3 - Solo Flyer Fossett Almost Home
Mar 3 - Aviator Fossett completes trans-Pacific leg and nears home

Mar 3 - Fossett Crosses Into US as Tailwinds Propel Him Toward Record
Mar 3 - Fossett Back over US Soil
Mar 3 - Fossett Passes over LA

Mar 3 - Fossett Just Hours from the Record Books
Mar 3 - Fossett Pushes the Boundaries to the Limit
Mar 3 - GlobalFlyer expected in Salina, Kan., this afternoon

Mar 3 - Steve Fossett closes in on flight record
Mar 3 - Millionaire soars near finish line
Mar 3 - Fossett in Home Stretch of Global Flight

Mar 3 - Pilot closes in on quest for 1st solo flight around globe
Mar 3 - Fossett heads back into record books
Mar 3 - Millionaire pilot closing in on nonstop solo flight record

Mar 3 - Millionaire set to land safely, breaking flight record
Mar 3 - Fossett at the finish line
Mar 3 - Fossett conquers last frontier
Mar 3 - Fossett's flight

Mar 3 - 65 hrs: One man, one world, one plane
Mar 3 - Fossett Breaks Nonstop Solo Flight Record
Mar 3 - Fossett finishes round-the-world solo flight

Mar 3 - Millionaire pilot completes record-setting nonstop solo flight
Mar 3 - Around the world in three days as Fossett claims solo flight record
Mar 3 - Around-the-World Flight a Success

Mar 3 - Steve Fossett Ends Phenomenal 3-Day, No-Refueling Record Solo Flight Around The World
Mar 3 - Fossett Flies into History
Mar 3 - The Flyer has landed

Mar 3 - Fossett Lands Triumphant
Mar 3 - A smooth landing for solo flight
Mar 3 - Fossett Lands in Kansas, Completes Trip Around World

Mar 3 - Touchdown! Steve Fossett Flies Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer into History
Mar 3 - Solitary Round-the-World Flight Concludes With Smooth Landing
Mar 3 - Burt Rutan, a master of aerospace design and development

Mar 3 - Fossett touchdown creates flying history
Mar 3 - Fossett's flight recognized as aviation milestone
Mar 3 - One ego, maybe?
Mar 3 - Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer Successfully Completes Round-the-World Record Attempt

Mar 3 - CORRECTED: Adventurer Fossett Completes Global Solo Flight
Mar 3 - Global Flyer creates World Record after safely landing at Salina!
Mar 4 - Adventurer’s flight of fancy earns Fossett place in history
Mar 4 - Fossett becomes 1st man to fly solo nonstop round the world

Mar 4 - Champagne welcome for world-flyer
Mar 4 - Round the world in 67 hours
Mar 4 - The Aviator: Fossett flies into record books with solo, non-stop flight

Mar 4 - Solo flyer Fossett is also an Ironman
Mar 4 - Solo Fossett is brave-iator
Mar 4 - NASA Technology Supports Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer

Mar 4 - Fossett's fortune and fame based on taking risks
Mar 4 - GLOBALFLYER: Aviation history has been made!
Mar 4 - High-flyer who took on world and won

Mar 4 - Around the world. In 67 hours. On one tankful
Mar 4 - Those Who Reached for the Sky and Won
Mar 4 - Man flies around the world in Kern County airplane

Paul Dorrell advises: “Get ready, the journey is long.”