Steve Fossett is Missing as of 9/4/07

[kcowyo]

Well you know me. I couldn't find my way to a group campsite on a clearly marked trail without your help.....

 

[RedDog]

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....

The filthy puke bin Laden, and his family in Saudi Arabia carry more "walking around" money than Steve Fossett ever dreamed of in his life.

Ironically, bin Laden is probably still alive and Fossett probably isn't, although a co-worker suggests the later's greatest adventure would be to orchestrate his own "disappearance".

 

[kcowyo]

The latest - Fossett search called off

The U.S. Air Force has officially ended the Civil Air Patrol's search for explorer Steve Fossett, more than three weeks after he went missing during a single-engine plane flight, the Civil Air Patrol said.
"We consider it suspended," the patrol's acting national commander, Brig. Gen. Amy S. Courter, told ABCNews.com on Wednesday. "If new leads come in, we would consider additional [action] -- whether it's interviewing or flying -- to support it."

 

[7wt]

although a co-worker suggests the later's greatest adventure would be to orchestrate his own "disappearance".

I hate to speculate but that would be a great story in the fashion of Emilia Erhart or Howard Hughes. My hope is that he is pulling a great shenanigan on us all just to lighten things up a little. Maybe he just couldn't bear the two years worth of election coverage for no discernable outcome. God speed Mr. Fossett.

 

[calamaridog]

My hope is that he is pulling a great shenanigan on us all just to lighten things up a little.

Uh, yea. If this is a joke, he would need a swift kick in the balls.

 

[goodtimes]

Maybe he just couldn't bear the two years worth of election coverage for no discernable outcome.

If there was ever a reason to disappear, that would be it. Unfortunately, I doubt this is the case.

 

[adventureduo]

From another board when i asked, "why not bonneville?"

"Spoke with some racers in Tonopah over the weekend that were just returning from Boneville Salt Flats. They told me Steve F. was looking for another dry lake that was longer. His car, the old Breedlove Boneville race car, is now retrofitted with much larger twin et engines> It is owned by Branson (Virgin),& needs more room to beat the world's record.

So that answers the question of "Why was he not going to Boneville?", and why he was scouting locations in NV near Silver Peak."

 

[Jeep]

Any news on Steve?

 

[cowboy4x4]

also if it were a joke he will have one heck of bill to pay for all the man power that went out looking

 

[paulj]

There was an item in the paper today about his wife seeking to have Steve declared dead, so as to settle the estate.
paulj

 

[Streakerfreak]

There was an item in the paper today about his wife seeking to have Steve declared dead, so as to settle the estate.
paulj

Saw that today too. I was wondering what was going on. It has been far too long.

 

[adventureduo]

Dang. Crazy.

 

[Willman]

Sad!

 

[Andrew Walcker]

Man, that blows...

 

[Overland Hadley]

sad