Steve Fossett Update

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Mike wrote:
"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message
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USA Today is reporting that the wreckage has been identified as his.
No remains in the wreckage, but the description of the crash does not
sound survivable.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...-fossett_N.htm

Vaughn

Interestingly there is an airport very near the crash site (KMMH). We
may never find out what the cause of the crash was, but one thing was
for sure...

On Fossett's last flight he was flying a Decathlon on a nice day in the
mountains. I can think of worse ways to go.

Gang Butt Raped in prison by a big blue gum named Leroy will
be your ultimate fate


Funny how your mind works.

Well, not so much funny as scary.


Bertie

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ObamaCultExposed wrote in news:Rl7Fk.18373$kc.6534
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Mike wrote:
"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message
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USA Today is reporting that the wreckage has been identified as his.
No remains in the wreckage, but the description of the crash does not
sound survivable.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...-fossett_N.htm

Vaughn

Interestingly there is an airport very near the crash site (KMMH). We
may never find out what the cause of the crash was, but one thing was
for sure...

On Fossett's last flight he was flying a Decathlon on a nice day in the
mountains. I can think of worse ways to go.

Gang Butt Raped in prison by a big blue gum named Leroy will
be your ultimate fate


Funny how your mind works.

Well, not so much funny as scary.

Nah, it's still funny as hell.

On Oct 2, 11:24*am, "Vaughn Simon"
wrote:
USA Today is reporting that the wreckage has been identified as his. *No remains
in the wreckage, but the description of the crash does not sound survivable.http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...-fossett_N.htm

Vaughn

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A hiker found Steve Fossett's pilot license and other items near
Mammoth Lake CA:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081001/...ossett_search- Hide quoted text -

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That wreckage looks brutal. It took me a while to figure out that
orange and white painted piece of metal was the trailing underside of
a wing.

es330td writes:

That wreckage looks brutal. It took me a while to figure out that
orange and white painted piece of metal was the trailing underside of
a wing.

What could be the cause? He was presumably a good pilot, and from what I
understand the weather was clear. And yet the news says it looks like the
aircraft hit the mountain head on. Mechanical failure? Sudden incapacitation
of the pilot? Bad piloting (seems unlikely, with all he had survived
previously)? Suicide?

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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es330td writes:

That wreckage looks brutal. It took me a while to figure out that
orange and white painted piece of metal was the trailing underside of
a wing.

What could be the cause? He was presumably a good pilot, and from what I
understand the weather was clear. And yet the news says it looks like the
aircraft hit the mountain head on. Mechanical failure? Sudden
incapacitation
of the pilot? Bad piloting (seems unlikely, with all he had survived
previously)? Suicide?

Alien abduction.

On Oct 2, 3:14*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
es330td writes:
That wreckage looks brutal. *It took me a while to figure out that
orange and white painted piece of metal was the trailing underside of
a wing.

What could be the cause? *He was presumably a good pilot, and from what I
understand the weather was clear. *And yet the news says it looks like the
aircraft hit the mountain head on. *Mechanical failure? *Sudden incapacitation
of the pilot? *Bad piloting (seems unlikely, with all he had survived
previously)? *Suicide?

Another mystery is why no one witnessed the crash (and resulting
fire). Mammoth Lakes is a small city - and the
surrounding area would have had many people about on a holiday
weekend.

Dave

Dave wrote:
On Oct 2, 3:14Â*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
es330td writes:
That wreckage looks brutal. Â*It took me a while to figure out that
orange and white painted piece of metal was the trailing underside of
a wing.

What could be the cause? Â*He was presumably a good pilot, and from what I
understand the weather was clear. Â*And yet the news says it looks like the
aircraft hit the mountain head on. Â*Mechanical failure? Â*Sudden incapacitation
of the pilot? Â*Bad piloting (seems unlikely, with all he had survived
previously)? Â*Suicide?

Another mystery is why no one witnessed the crash (and resulting
fire). Mammoth Lakes is a small city - and the
surrounding area would have had many people about on a holiday
weekend.

The Mammoth Lakes area is a huge wilderness area and you can go for
hours without seeing signs of humans; he didn't crash in the city.

--
Jim Pennino

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On 2008-10-02 12:44:22 -0700, Dave said:

On Oct 2, 3:14*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
es330td writes:
That wreckage looks brutal. *It took me a while to figure out that
orange and white painted piece of metal was the trailing underside of
a wing.

What could be the cause? *He was presumably a good pilot, and from what
I
understand the weather was clear. *And yet the news says it looks like
the
aircraft hit the mountain head on. *Mechanical failure? *Sudden incap
acitation
of the pilot? *Bad piloting (seems unlikely, with all he had survived
previously)? *Suicide?

Another mystery is why no one witnessed the crash (and resulting
fire). Mammoth Lakes is a small city - and the
surrounding area would have had many people about on a holiday
weekend.

Dave

As already pointed out, the plane crashed in a remote, uninhabited
wilderness. The hiker who discovered the original evidence says he was
far off any trails.

What makes you think there was a fire? The photos of the pilot
certificate and other ID show no damage from flame or smoke. The
wreckage appears corroded, but not burned.

Believe it or not, planes do not always catch fire when they crash, any
more than automobiles explode into flames when the cops shoot out the
fuel tank or the megalomaniac's giant computer causes the volcano to
erupt when it is destroyed. Those things only happen in the movies.

Personally, I am distressed by the cavalier attitude many seem to be
taking here toward Fossett's death. I miss the old guy. He had a family
that loved him and cared about him -- still do. He was also admired by
many, including myself. He generally accomplished more in a month than
most of you clowns will ever manage to do with your whole lives. The
cheap shots and petty remarks are wholly uncalled for.

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

Mxsmanic wrote in
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es330td writes:

That wreckage looks brutal. It took me a while to figure out that
orange and white painted piece of metal was the trailing underside of
a wing.

What could be the cause? He was presumably a good pilot, and from
what I understand the weather was clear. And yet the news says it
looks like the aircraft hit the mountain head on. Mechanical failure?
Sudden incapacitation of the pilot? Bad piloting (seems unlikely,
with all he had survived previously)? Suicide?

You're an idiot.


Bertie

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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es330td writes:

That wreckage looks brutal. It took me a while to figure out that
orange and white painted piece of metal was the trailing underside of
a wing.

What could be the cause? He was presumably a good pilot, and from what I
understand the weather was clear.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,431605,00.html
"I remember the day he crashed, there were large thunderheads over the peaks
around us," Mono County Undersheriff Ralph Obenberger said, gesturing to the
mountains flanking Mammoth Lakes.

And it doesn't sound like he was all that far off the beaten path:

"Morrow told FOX News he was hiking alone with his dog near his home in
Mammoth Lakes Monday afternoon when he came across what appeared to be three
identification cards bearing Fossett's name and issued by the Federal
Aviation Administration in Illinois."

Although it may be rather morbid speculation, I can agree with the "bear
food" comment - and I have the claw marks to show for it. Ok, not on my own
epidermis, but on a bunch of stuff a bear dragged into the woods after
breaking a window and pulling the stuff out of my car about 30 miles from
Mammoth Lakes. That was about ten years ago.

- Rick