Transcript: Adventurer Steve Fossett No Stranger to Tall Odds

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RENEE MONTAGNE
NPR Morning Edition
09-05-2007
Adventurer Steve Fossett No Stranger to Tall Odds

Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time 11:00-12:00 PM

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RENEE MONTAGNE, host:

The search continues today for millionaire/adventurer Steve Fossett. His single engine plane went missing Monday over Nevada. He was reportedly scouting locations for an attempt at a new land speed record. Fossett set his sights on making world records, and he racked up a lot of them. He was perhaps best known for being the first person to fly around the world solo in a balloon.

NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce has more.

NELL GREENFIELDBOYCE: Steve Fosset once claimed that he wasn't really all that special.

Mr. STEVE ...

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