Posted on 09/08/2008 10:00:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
How could this iconic aviator plummet from the sky without a trace? How could one of the largest and most intensive searches in modern history fail to yield results? The answer, experts say, is that a plane wreck is one of the hardest needles to find in a rugged haystack -- especially the Sierra... Even experienced "wreckchasers" -- a growing group of hobbyists -- can be thwarted while hunting for an already documented site... The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center in Tyndall, Fla., has mapped nearly 180 crashes within the mountain range -- mainly so searchers can distinguish older wrecks from new ones. Wreckage often is left behind in rugged terrain because it's too tough to haul out. Many wrecks -- but not all -- have been visited by rescuers or authorities and then forgotten again, once bodies were recovered. No one knows for sure how many other wrecks sit undiscovered... Fossett was headed toward Bishop in the eastern Sierra, an area known for huge gusts of wind in the fall.
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Its still a BIG world out there when a little airplane goes missing.
Aliens?
Two words ... Galt’s Gulch
Jack
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