Proposal: The Steve Fossett Airmans Search Project

The Steve Fossett Airmans Search Project

Yah know, it seems a pitiful thing indeed, that the great fraternity
of his fellow airman have been unsuccessful in their search for their
intrepid fellow, Steve Fossett. Initially those in authority directed
the search and rescue operations immediately after his disappearance.
They ordered all airmen/aircraft to remain outside the search area
while they conducted their searches. Later, Google made satellite
images available, so that the web community could add their zillions
of Mark I Eyeballs to those flying the search missions. (Was there
ever a search made of satellite photographs of the area taken during
the appropriate time window to look for a smoke plume? Do such photos
even exist?)

With the recent judicial declaration of Mr. Fossett's legal demise,
perhaps the time has finally arrived for those who would like to
volunteer their time and resources to an Airmans Fellowship Search
effort for the late Mr. Fossett.

This effort could be massive if the spirit of airmen respect for
Steve's broadening of the boundaries of human achievement can be
tapped. A well throughout plan to coordinate and direct such an
effort is essential, but more important are the skills and
intelligence of the person to head it, and those under him/her. But
I'd wager that there are plenty airmen among the readership of this
newsgroup alone who possess the skills and resources to organize and
execute the effort.

Because we are free to draft the regulations, the unique qualities of
the group could be enlisted for more diverse and specific operations
than have been conducted to date. Searchers could get down lower if
there were enough of them. Bush planes could be called in if ground
search was appropriate.

It has been suggested that the wreckage may lie at the bottom of a
lake. Perhaps the web diving-community could be enlisted to organize
a similar effort for searching the local lakes. Given Steve's
apparent audacious já de viver, who knows, he could have been skipping
his wheels on the glassy lake surface, and hit a swell. :-)

For this effort to succeed it will require two things:

1. A viable plan of action implemented by the right people

2. A corps of willing volunteers who would find it an honor to
participate



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