Time sure does fly. It seems only yesterday we heard of the untimely death of the “Crocodile Hunter”, Steve Irwin. Now on the anniversary of his death comes news that another adventurer of a different sort has gone missing.

Teams searched rugged terrain Tuesday for a plane carrying aviation adventurer Steve Fossett, the first person to circle the world solo in a balloon, but crews had little idea where the plane might be, federal officials said.

Fossett took off in the single engine Bellanca at 8:45 a.m. Monday at a private airstrip in western Nevada and didn’t return as scheduled. A friend reported him missing, said Ian Gregor, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman in Maryland.

In the case of Steve Irwin, he died doing what he loved best, making contact with creatures of the earth.

While Mr. Fosset’s fate is yet determined, he also has followed all of his dreams and lived his life to the fullest. They are both an inspiration to others to do the same.