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Transcript: Analysis: Steve Fossett becomes first person to circumnavigate the world in a balloon, succeeding on his sixth attempt
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- NPR All Things Considered
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- July 2, 2002
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Analysis: Steve Fossett becomes first person to circumnavigate the
world in a balloon, succeeding on his sixth attempt
Host: ROBERT SIEGEL, LYNN NEARY
Time: 9:00-10:00 PM
ROBERT SIEGEL, host:
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.
LYNN NEARY, host:
And I'm Lynn Neary.
Steve Fossett floated into the history books today. On his sixth
attempt, the Chicago millionaire completed the first solo circumnavigation
of the globe in a balloon. Fossett crossed east of 117 degrees longitude
this morning off the southwestern coast of Australia. At this time,
Fossett is still airborne. Meteorologists predict smooth flying until ...