** FILE ** Pilot Steve Fossett walks across a windy runway to the GlobalFlyer at the Salina Municipal Airport in Salina, Kan. in this Feb. 28, 2005 file photo. Fossett, who risked his life seeking to set records in high-tech balloons, gliders and jets, was declared dead on Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, five months after he vanished while flying in an ordinary small plane. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Steve Fossett officially dead, but hope still lingers

• By ncs-import
• February 17, 2008