American millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett poses holding an Aboriginal boomerang he was presented with by local townspeople next to his balloon capsule as final preparations for take-off begin in the township of Northam, located 100 kilometres (62 miles) east of Perth August 4, 2001. Fossett's sixth attempt to complete the first solo circumnavigation of the Earth comes nearly two months after his attempt to launch from Kalgoorlie ended when a gust of wind ripped the balloon apart.