Steve Fossett missing??
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Steve Fossett missing??
what the heck.... one of the best pilots ever is missing since last night. the guy flew a balloon, and plane around the world and is missing on a scouting flight.
i fear a JFK Jr. deal except into the mts. truley a loss if he's gone.
i fear a JFK Jr. deal except into the mts. truley a loss if he's gone.
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Originally Posted by lenny1carl
what the heck.... one of the best pilots ever is missing since last night. the guy flew a balloon, and plane around the world and is missing on a scouting flight.
i fear a JFK Jr. deal except into the mts. truley a loss if he's gone.
i fear a JFK Jr. deal except into the mts. truley a loss if he's gone.
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The Sierra's are a turbulent patch of mountains. I've had friends who've flown over them in a puddle jumper and it scared them to death. Heck, even the commercial pilots coming over them into Reno-Tahoe Intl. have a hard time coming over the Sierra's. I don't think they'll find him alive. I hope I'm wrong though.
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Originally Posted by medhvac
why the hick would u leave for a flight w/4 hrs of gas and a weeks worth of food and water hummmm something is fishy!
Tried to come up with something for the "hick" but I couldn't come up with anything that was just funny without sounding like I was being mean.
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and not filing a flight plan???
my pops flies and respects what this man has accomplished, but your a complete MORON for filing a flight plan.
maybe this is some stunt hes pulling off.
upon impact or hard landing his transmitter will automatically send a gps signal. that hasnt happened.
he wears a watch, that with a twist of a turn its a gps locating devise. thats didnt happen either
my pops flies and respects what this man has accomplished, but your a complete MORON for filing a flight plan.
maybe this is some stunt hes pulling off.
upon impact or hard landing his transmitter will automatically send a gps signal. that hasnt happened.
he wears a watch, that with a twist of a turn its a gps locating devise. thats didnt happen either
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They are looking in some rugged area also. I heard that they came upon an old crash yesterday.
I hope they find him soon and he did not pull a John Denver.
I hope they find him soon and he did not pull a John Denver.
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That area has some huge downdrafts, it can and has torn the wings off of little planes…..sadly I think he will not be found for a year or two, then by a hiker stumbling on to a very small debris field, usually when they go straight down there is little spread out of the plane making it very difficult if not impossible to find from the air~
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From: Taco Coma, Wa
You would think that a guy like that would have SOME sort of tracking device on him. There had to have been somebody at least tracking the aircraft...I mean...its not as if he was hiking and disappeared.
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I hope this is not a stunt by Fossett.
But I don't think it is.
The Sierra turbulence has been known to toss around the big planes.
This kind of reminds me of aerobatic pilot Art Scholl.
But I don't think it is.
The Sierra turbulence has been known to toss around the big planes.
This kind of reminds me of aerobatic pilot Art Scholl.
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From: Clearwater, Fl
Originally Posted by -Doc-
You would think that a guy like that would have SOME sort of tracking device on him. There had to have been somebody at least tracking the aircraft...I mean...its not as if he was hiking and disappeared.
it helps to read some posts from up above
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From: Not as far west as I want
Evidently the ELT was not activated. Really not all that un common. 6 years ago aircraft was missing in western South Dakota, mostly prairie it took over a month to locate.
The ELT might have a dead battery or other malfunction.
The ELT might have a dead battery or other malfunction.
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From: Clearwater, Fl
i read somewhere that when you fly over that, the wind gusts that may come up all of a sudden, can throw a small plane around like a leaf. i was like no wonder alot of planes have gone down even without malfunctions or severe weather