Pilot Steve Fossett is among the world's best known adventurers today, holding current, official world records in five sports—balloons, sailboats, gliders, airships, and powered aircraft. Steve's extraordinary 67-hour flight in March, 2005, in Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer—the first solo, nonstop round the world aircraft flight—makes a unique match for his equally remarkable 2002 Bud Light Spirit of Freedom—the world's first solo, nonstop round the world balloon flight. In 2002 Steve received aviation's highest award, the Gold Medal of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI).

As a speed sailor, Steve has set more than 20 official world records, including absolute records for the transatlantic west to east and east to west plus the 24-hour distance (twice) and nonstop round the world records.

Steve has also set ten of the 19 Glider Open records, the U.S. transcontinental mark for unlimited turboprops, plus records for round the world medium-weight jet airplanes (in both directions) as well as U.S. transcontinental records for non-supersonic airplanes (in both directions).

The challenging Vimy Atlantic flight will add a milestone historical element to his long list of adventures.

Co-pilot and navigator Mark Rebholz piloted significant portions of the Vimy’s London to Cape Town flight in 1999 and has been a valuable member of the Vimy team. In addition to piloting the Vimy, Mark is responsible for all flight-related activities including planning, coordination, clearances, meteorology, and navigation. True to the original 1919 flight, Mark will be using a sextant to chart their position in relation to the stars and a compass to stay on course. Mark’s challenge will be to navigate the Vimy’s flight across the Atlantic using the same instruments John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown used in 1919.

Mark also served as flight operations director for the Vimy's 1994 and 1999 flights and has other significant experiences in adventure flying. He was chief test pilot for the Vimy replica's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification. He has over 20,000 total flying hours with 4,500 hours in 24 different vintage-type aircraft.

Mark is currently a Boeing 747 captain for United Airlines, where he has been employed since 1979.