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Old 09-04-2007, 04:21 PM   #1
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Steve Fosset missing

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World aviation record-holder Steve Fossett is missing and a massive search is under way in western Nevada, a Nevada aviation spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Steve Fossett is missing and a search is under way.

Fossett took off from a private air strip known as Flying M Ranch, near Smith Valley, 30 miles south of Yerington, Nevada, on Monday, with enough fuel for four to five hours of flight, according to the Civil Air Patrol. Yerington is south of Carson City, near the California border.

Civil Air Patrol Maj. Cynthia S. Ryan said authorities are searching hundreds of miles of rugged terrain in western Nevada. They also are analyzing information from radar intelligence to try to track Fossett.
Search under way for aviation pioneer Steve Fossett and his plane - CNN.com
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Old 09-04-2007, 05:02 PM   #3
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this has been a very crap year of late for air shows and MIA personell.............

***** ENOUGH I SAY ! *****

man I am praying about this Mustangs and legends comin up
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Hope he's alive and unhurt.
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Old 09-04-2007, 05:29 PM   #5
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He was flying in a single-engine, Citabria Super Decathlon -- a plane capable of aerobatics -- with tail number N240R, according to CAP. Fossett, though, had no parachute, which is required for aerobatics.
Wonder why 'no chute' ? Hope he's OK.....

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Old 09-04-2007, 05:50 PM   #6
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He probably wasn't carrying a parachute because he had no plans to fly aerobatics. He was scouting locations in the desert for a land speed record in a car.
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Old 09-04-2007, 08:29 PM   #7
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I heard he didnt file a flight plan.

What a blunder!
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Old 09-05-2007, 02:31 AM   #9
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Hope he is okay. As Erich said this has been a terrible year.
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How is not filing a flight plan a blunder? If you are going out for a VFR flight, you don't have to file one. It's not required and I know that most pilots don't want to bother if they are just going out to fly. They want to fly, not be bothered with paperwork...
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How is not filing a flight plan a blunder? If you are going out for a VFR flight, you don't have to file one. It's not required and I know that most pilots don't want to bother if they are just going out to fly. They want to fly, not be bothered with paperwork...
It's not required for VFR flight - but it's definitely good practice. In the USMC/USN, we're required to file flight plans for all flights. It normally takes no more than 5 minutes to fill out the flight plan and call it into an FSS. Hell, you can even call when airborne to file and open the flight plan.

What's more odd is that his ELT beacon didn't go off.
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What's more odd is that his ELT beacon didn't go off.
Yeah, that is odd. Those things go off from changes in air pressure.

He's down, that's pretty much certain. But where and in what condition is the question. Hope he's still alive.
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Old 09-05-2007, 11:33 AM   #13
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Eric, was this guy flying on the east side of the Sierra's ? they have had some pretty viscious winds and wild weather the lat weeks..........
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Yes, he took off from South of Carson City. I am not sure which way he headed after takeoff. I am guessing that no one else really knows either as they haven't spotted his airplane yet.
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Old 09-05-2007, 12:01 PM   #15
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this may sound weird but remember just several weeks ago we were talking of the a/c and one of the crew found on one of the south Glaciers in the Kings Canyon in the southern Sierra, the guy had been buried in the ice for many years undisturbed. hopefull this chap has not found a similar fate

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