Round-the-world flying adventurer Steve Fossett may have faked his own death following revelations he had an amazing double life and kept several secret mistresses.

Daily Telegraph reports:
This is the sensational theory of a US air force officer on the month-long search for Fossett and crack insurance investigators who are convinced this legend of the skies may still be alive. The globally accepted story is that 63-year-old adventurer Fossett - friend of Virgin tycoon Richard Branson and the first man to fly non-stop round the earth in a hot air balloon - died last September 3 when his final flight in a light plane over the Nevada desert went tragically wrong. READ MORE