earlier threads
Hikers find items belonging to missing aviator Steve Fossett in California
CNN ^ | Oct 1, 2008
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095063/posts
Steve Fossett Items Found in Mammoth Lakes, CA: FAA ID Cards?
The Post Chronicle ^ | October 1, 2008 | Mitch Marconi
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095010/posts
Interesting. I sort of thought he might have had a medical problem and passed out in flight. He was flying a Bellanca Super Decathlon which is a conventional high-wing monoplane from the 1970s and isn’t pressurized.