Steve Fossett

On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 21:15:58 -0700, "Steve" wrote in :

On Discovery Channel right now,
"Steve Fossett: What went wrong?"

Replay at 2:00AM Eastern if you have a DVR (or insomnia).

It was a very interesting show.

I'm glad I caught it.

I did about 1500 Amazon Mechanical Turk "hits."

Sounds as though the wreckage was just outside the
zone that folks were searching most intensively.

Surprising evidence at the end that he might have
survived the crash and started walking out.

Marty
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"Martin X. Moleski, SJ" wrote in message
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On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 21:15:58 -0700, "Steve"
wrote in :

On Discovery Channel right now,
"Steve Fossett: What went wrong?"

Replay at 2:00AM Eastern if you have a DVR (or insomnia).

It was a very interesting show.

I'm glad I caught it.

I did about 1500 Amazon Mechanical Turk "hits."

Sounds as though the wreckage was just outside the
zone that folks were searching most intensively.

Surprising evidence at the end that he might have
survived the crash and started walking out.

I missed the first 15 minutes or so, but it was very good. I was surprised
by their theory that he survived the crash and was walkng to Mammoth. The
crash investigators estimated he was doing 100MPH when he hit the rocks and
the plane disintegrated. It would be amazing for someone to survive that. It
would be incredible that someone could walk.

"Steve" wrote:
I missed the first 15 minutes or so, but it was very good. I was surprised
by their theory that he survived the crash and was walkng to Mammoth. The
crash investigators estimated he was doing 100MPH when he hit the rocks and
the plane disintegrated. It would be amazing for someone to survive that. It
would be incredible that someone could walk.

That's all speculation. Curious...as a guy, when you fly, do you keep
your identification cards and money in your wallet, in your pocket? or
in a separate bag somewhere else in the airplane?

"Shirl" wrote in message
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"Steve" wrote:
I missed the first 15 minutes or so, but it was very good. I was
surprised
by their theory that he survived the crash and was walkng to Mammoth. The
crash investigators estimated he was doing 100MPH when he hit the rocks
and
the plane disintegrated. It would be amazing for someone to survive that.
It
would be incredible that someone could walk.

That's all speculation. Curious...as a guy, when you fly, do you keep
your identification cards and money in your wallet, in your pocket? or
in a separate bag somewhere else in the airplane?

Cards in my wallet, money in my pocket.

"Shirl" wrote

That's all speculation. Curious...as a guy, when you fly, do you keep
your identification cards and money in your wallet, in your pocket? or
in a separate bag somewhere else in the airplane?

Either way. It can be uncomfortable to sit on a fat wallet for a period of
time, especially in a cramped cockpit, and the harder the seat cushions, the
more uncomfortable it is.
--
Jim in NC

Shirl:
That's all speculation. Curious...as a guy, when you fly, do you keep
your identification cards and money in your wallet, in your pocket? or
in a separate bag somewhere else in the airplane?

Morgans:
Either way. It can be uncomfortable to sit on a fat wallet for a period of
time, especially in a cramped cockpit, and the harder the seat cushions, the
more uncomfortable it is.

Decath isn't cramped. Well, I guess depends what you're comparing it to.
It just surprised me that he would (a) take THAT much money with him if
he were just going up for an hour or two (unless he always carried
around that kind of money), and (b) that he wouldn't have it on his
person. I mean...why have it with you if you have to pack it in a bag.
Wouldn't you just leave it home? And most guys I know have their license
and SSA card in their wallet, in their pocket. No conclusions can be
drawn from all that, I know. Seems weird to me, but maybe that's how he
always did things.

"Shirl" wrote

Decath isn't cramped. Well, I guess depends what you're comparing it to.
It just surprised me that he would (a) take THAT much money with him if
he were just going up for an hour or two (unless he always carried
around that kind of money), and (b) that he wouldn't have it on his
person. I mean...why have it with you if you have to pack it in a bag.
Wouldn't you just leave it home? And most guys I know have their license
and SSA card in their wallet, in their pocket. No conclusions can be
drawn from all that, I know. Seems weird to me, but maybe that's how he
always did things.

I suppose he would have a very different wallet, than me. Lots more cash in
big bills, I would imagine. g

I use lots of plastic, but only a few credit cards. Primary credit card,
backup card, health care card, a couple different licenses, a few discount
cards, pictures of kids and grandkids, insurance card, triple A card,.....
you get the picture.

I look through it occasionally, to see what I could take out, and rarely
come up with anything. It is uncomfortable, sitting on it for any period of
time. Even in a car, if I'm going to be on it for more than 45 minutes, it
comes out, on the seat or in the glove box.
--
Jim in NC

"Shirl" wrote in message
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| That's all speculation. Curious...as a guy, when you fly, do you keep
| your identification cards and money in your wallet, in your pocket? or
| in a separate bag somewhere else in the airplane?

Cards and money in my wallet, in my pocket.

Shirl:
| That's all speculation. Curious...as a guy, when you fly, do you keep
| your identification cards and money in your wallet, in your pocket? or
| in a separate bag somewhere else in the airplane?

Maxwell:
Cards and money in my wallet, in my pocket.

Yeah. That makes the most sense, but isn't consistent with what they
found. Can't imagine bringing that much $ but not having it in your
pocket.

"Shirl" wrote

Yeah. That makes the most sense, but isn't consistent with what they
found. Can't imagine bringing that much $ but not having it in your
pocket.

Money, and the amount that you and I would consider "that much $" would be
much different, in his eyes compared to us, I would think.
--
Jim in NC