The legacy of a amazing sportsman and pioneer

 

How very sad to read that there are no further hopes of finding Steve Fossett, and that the courts have been asked to declare him legally dead. Somehow it’s especially tragic that he apparently lost his life in what, for him, was a routine flight.

What an amazing man he was. There is a reminder of his long, long list of dazzling records and achievements, from dog-sledding to rally driving, in this earlier blog