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Sheriff: Plane Wreckage Found in California Is Steve Fossett's
Fox40 News ^
| 10-02-2008
Posted on 10/02/2008 7:19:11 AM PDT by Dan Cooper
Summary of press conference by Mammoth Lakes Sheriff:
Aircraft crash site found near Mammoth Lakes, CA. NTSB Confirms that the N number of the aircraft matches the missing adventurer's plane. Wreckage found about 1/4 mile from the location where Fossett's ID and other items where found. No remains were found in the aircraft. The aircraft appeared to a flown into the side of a hill.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: fossett; planecrash; stevefossett
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To: Harold Shea
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posted on
10/02/2008 8:15:37 AM PDT
by
RDTF
(my worst nightmare is being on jury duty sequestered with 11 liberals)
To: theDentist
Well, when you don’t file a flight plan... Hardly anyone files a flight plan for that type of flying.
-386wt (Pilot for 51 years - so far)
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posted on
10/02/2008 8:39:12 AM PDT
by
386wt
(Be free and don't die!)
To: Dan Cooper
Plane disintigrated on impact. No way he walked away from that. As far as the body, it’s been a year since he crashed. Likely nothing left but scattered bones. Once you’re dead you’re just carrion.
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posted on
10/02/2008 8:40:50 AM PDT
by
Hacklehead
(Crush the liberals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the hippies.)
To: theDentist
Bears and mountain lions up that way, I’ve read.Mosquitoes, too.
The odds of his surviving and being killed by a predator are slim. The odds of his dying and being dragged off by scavengers are high.
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posted on
10/02/2008 8:53:53 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(The Democrats drove our financial system into a ditch.)
To: 386wt
I can understand not filing if you know you’re flying from Reno to Vegas, and your friends know as well. If you were to go down someone has an idea of your destination, and you may be easier to find (terrain and weather notwithstanding). However, if you know you’re going to be checking out 3 or 4 areas in all directions, a basic plan may be helpful to searchers. However, I am not a pilot, so will bow to your expertise.
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posted on
10/02/2008 8:54:09 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: theDentist
If he survived then the bears/mountain lions got him. He could not survive a crash like that UNLESS he parachuted out before it happened. Just guessing ... he had financial problems and the plane hit the mountain head on ... it is a possibility he staged it and bailed out before the crash. OR he was caught by surprise, crashed, crawled out and the animals got him.
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posted on
10/02/2008 8:54:32 AM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: Harold Shea
” Controlled flight into terrain. “
Read Mr Fosset was heavily in debt
I saw that and no body ... I’m wondering ... .
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posted on
10/02/2008 8:55:37 AM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: Jeff Chandler
'Course, we're all ignoring the most likely explanation:
ALIEN ABDUCTION!!!
Just covering all bases. :-)
28
posted on
10/02/2008 9:04:43 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: theDentist
No jellyfish in the Sierras.
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posted on
10/02/2008 9:12:01 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(The Democrats drove our financial system into a ditch.)
To: Jeff Chandler
You mean “no living Witnesses to the giant jellyfish in the Sierras.” :-)
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posted on
10/02/2008 9:13:50 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: nmh
If he survived then the bears/mountain lions got him. Not very likely.
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posted on
10/02/2008 9:14:08 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(The Democrats drove our financial system into a ditch.)
To: Jeff Chandler
"The Future is Our Grown Up Past"
To: shankbear
"Controlled flight into terrain."
I doubt it. Fossett had too big an ego for that.
To: Dan Cooper
To: Jeff Chandler; theDentist
Aliens? Jellyfish?
Nah. It was da JOOOOOOOZ!
And I betcha Jimmy Carter'll back me up on this one!
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posted on
10/02/2008 9:55:40 AM PDT
by
uglybiker
(1f u c4n r34d th1s u r34lly n33d 2 g3t l41d)
To: nmh
....he had financial problems and the plane hit the mountain head on...Plane crashes like this are not uncommon in that area. My father-in-law and his brother have scoured that range over the years searching (and finding) plane crash sites including B-17's flying out of the Tonopah Air Base (an old WWII B-17 training base).
36
posted on
10/02/2008 9:56:07 AM PDT
by
randog
(What the...?!)
To: Dan Cooper
Seems like he did a “Patsy Cline.”
To: Inyo-Mono
The call came last night. A story from a friend about hiker Preston Morrow, who was on a difficult trek in the mountains off trail above Mammoth Lakes California near the area of Minaret Lake and Minaret Mine. Another photo.
Minaret Lake
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posted on
10/02/2008 10:00:58 AM PDT
by
Donald Rumsfeld Fan
(Sarah Palin "The Iron Lady from the North")
To: Dan Cooper
He was heavily in debt, chuted out, and is now part of the obama campaign; incognito.
39
posted on
10/02/2008 10:06:55 AM PDT
by
machogirl
(i)
To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan
That area looks really interesting. I’ve never been there. Would like to.
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posted on
10/02/2008 10:08:34 AM PDT
by
machogirl
(i)
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