Steve Fossett is Missing as of 9/4/07
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Hltoppr
El Gringo Spectacular!
Last plane crash I was at I had a hard time finding it with a helicopter hovering over the wreck, until I was about 20 yards from the scene, it was covered in brush, trees, etc.....and that was a bright white Cessna twin!
It's a lot of ground to cover for what doesn't really leave a lot of easily identifiable wreckage if it hits the ground hard....
-H-
It's a lot of ground to cover for what doesn't really leave a lot of easily identifiable wreckage if it hits the ground hard....
-H-
SOAZ
Tim and Kelsey get lost..
as of 2:18
Searchers looking for missing aviator Steve Fossett received a telephone tip from a former Nevada Civil Air Patrol member whose friend reported to him that he saw a blue and white aircraft making a steep diving turn into a canyon and not climbing back out.
A Blackhawk is on its way to Sunrise Pass, 20 miles east of Minden, following the lead. Washoe County authorities also are sending ground patrols to search the area.
The Blackhawk is expected to arrive any minute to the scene, with a medic on board who will be lowered if a wreckage is found, said Capt. April Conway of the Nevada National Guard. Then, the helicopter crew can identify a tail number and report back immediately.
“If it is indeed the target we’ve been looking for, everybody and their brother will converge out there,” Conway said.
For developing story, check RGJ.com
Searchers looking for missing aviator Steve Fossett received a telephone tip from a former Nevada Civil Air Patrol member whose friend reported to him that he saw a blue and white aircraft making a steep diving turn into a canyon and not climbing back out.
A Blackhawk is on its way to Sunrise Pass, 20 miles east of Minden, following the lead. Washoe County authorities also are sending ground patrols to search the area.
The Blackhawk is expected to arrive any minute to the scene, with a medic on board who will be lowered if a wreckage is found, said Capt. April Conway of the Nevada National Guard. Then, the helicopter crew can identify a tail number and report back immediately.
“If it is indeed the target we’ve been looking for, everybody and their brother will converge out there,” Conway said.
For developing story, check RGJ.com
adventureduo
Dave Druck [KI6LBB]
Still missing? Be a miracle if the guy is still alive.. it's been a long time now.. unless hes like hanging out at someones cabin or something. . .
overlander
Expedition Leader
Mike S said:
Mike, you're my kind a people. I'm a student pilot aspiring to get my sea plane rating. Grumman Goose has always been a dream, but I'd settle for a Widgeon easy.
Card carrying member of SPA.
overlander
Expedition Leader
bovw said:
Buffet also crashed a widgeon.
kcowyo
ExPo Original
The latest -
"Rescuers called off their active air search for Steve Fossett on Wednesday, but insisted they had not given up hope and would keep crews on standby to fly to sites where the U.S. adventurer's airplane may have crashed.
Chuck Allen of the Nevada Department of Public Safety told Reuters that authorities continue to consider the hunt for Fossett a "search and rescue" mission, and that they are hopeful he is alive, but that the hunt would be scaled back."
"Rescuers called off their active air search for Steve Fossett on Wednesday, but insisted they had not given up hope and would keep crews on standby to fly to sites where the U.S. adventurer's airplane may have crashed.
Chuck Allen of the Nevada Department of Public Safety told Reuters that authorities continue to consider the hunt for Fossett a "search and rescue" mission, and that they are hopeful he is alive, but that the hunt would be scaled back."
adventureduo
Dave Druck [KI6LBB]
Dang. That sucks.
bigreen505
Expedition Leader
Death Valley
Fossett Search Turns to Death Valley
By BRENDAN RILEY – 1 day ago
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Relying on new leads from Air Force experts, crews looking for famed aviator Steve Fossett plan to comb a rugged area near Death Valley by air and foot, authorities said.
Gary Derks, the state Department of Public Safety official in charge of the search, said Tuesday that the Air Force analyzed images picked up by radar and satellite and "picked up what could be Mr. Fossett, his track."
"It gives us an idea, if it's him, what direction he was going," Derks said of the wealthy adventurer, missing for more than three weeks...
Fossett Search Turns to Death Valley
By BRENDAN RILEY – 1 day ago
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Relying on new leads from Air Force experts, crews looking for famed aviator Steve Fossett plan to comb a rugged area near Death Valley by air and foot, authorities said.
Gary Derks, the state Department of Public Safety official in charge of the search, said Tuesday that the Air Force analyzed images picked up by radar and satellite and "picked up what could be Mr. Fossett, his track."
"It gives us an idea, if it's him, what direction he was going," Derks said of the wealthy adventurer, missing for more than three weeks...
adventureduo
Dave Druck [KI6LBB]
What the heck? DV now?
kcowyo
ExPo Original
Surviving a plane crash and walking out of the desert under his own power would really add to his adventuresume.....
Sorry to be cynical. I can almost buy the fact that we can't find Bin Laden in the hills & caves of Afghanistan, but we can't find some gajillionare in Nevada? Call me skeptical....
Sorry to be cynical. I can almost buy the fact that we can't find Bin Laden in the hills & caves of Afghanistan, but we can't find some gajillionare in Nevada? Call me skeptical....
