Posted on 10/01/2008 11:43:05 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hikers in northern California have found clothing and personal items possibly belonging to millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who went missing a year ago, CNN reported on Wednesday.
Mammoth Lakes Police Chief Randy Schienle told CNN that a sweatshirt and other identification possibly with Fossett's name on it had been found by hikers in the area.
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Too many James Bond movies?
This is in my neck of the woods.
"Atlas Shrugged" remains one of my all-time favorites. I periodically run down and buy a new copy so that I can re-read it and pass it along to someone else.
I see that book as a blueprint for EVERYTHING we are seeing today. That makes Ayn Rand incredibly prescient and raises her several more notches in my esteem. She called it 50 years ago and it's happening now!!!
She called it because she saw it happen in Russia when the Communists took over.
Yes, I'm pretty familiar with her biography. I've read almost everything she wrote.
From what I can tell the aircraft are one and the same.
The fact that some clothes of Fossett may have turned up tends to put my theory of flying into a hillside into the dumpster. Although he could have still crashed and been able to get away from the craft before it caught on fire.
Hopefully more will turn up in the next day or two. We shall see.
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
From reading the thread I see it referenced that he was flying a Bellanca Super Decathalon. from Wilipedia...
The Decathlon traces its lineage back to the Aeronca Champ, by way of the Citabria. Like the Citabria, the Decathlon features tandem seating and joystick controls. The fuselage and tail surfaces are constructed of welded metal tubing. The outer shape of the fuselage is created by a combination of wooden formers and longerons, covered with fabric. The cross-section of the metal fuselage truss is triangular, a design feature which can be traced all the way back to the earliest Aeronca C-2 design of the late 1920s.
Unless he went into the lake I would think something would turn up, eh?
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
AP reporting wreckage found after aerial search....no further info
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KTTV reported same during their newscast. Though the reporter seemed like he’d spent the afternoon at Ganga U. with the snowboarders.
Fox reporting Fossett’s plane has been found.
Anderson said that it appears that Fossett plowed head-on into a mountainside.
“The crash looked to be so severe that I doubt if someone would have walked away from it,” said Anderson during a Thursday news conference. The engine was lying about 300 feet from the wings and the fuselage, which disintegrated on impact.
Sheriff: Search teams find Fossett wreckage
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_re_us/fossett_search
further topics:
Steve Fossett Items Found in Mammoth Lakes, CA: FAA ID Cards?
The Post Chronicle | October 1, 2008 | Mitch Marconi
Posted on 10/01/2008 10:19:36 AM PDT by jazusamo
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095010/posts
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
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095740/posts
Officials Say Body Parts Found Among Steve Fossett’s Plane Wreckage
FOX News.com | October 2, 2008
Posted on 10/02/2008 4:39:01 PM PDT by Kaslin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096214/posts
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