China Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Rescuers Hope Nerves Of Steel Will Help Fossett RENO Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett's admirers were counting on his grit and experience Wednesday as rescuers searched for his missing plane in the rugged mountains and sagebrush-filled desert of western Nevada. Fossett's single-engine plane vanished Monday as he was scouting dry lake beds for an attempt to set a world land speed record. ``Steve is a tough old boot. I suspect he is waiting by his plane right now for someone to pick him up,'' said Sir Richard Branson, the U.K. billionaire who has helped finance many of Fossett's adventures. ``Based on his track record, I feel confident we'll get some good news soon.'' The millionaire aviator did not file a flight plan. His plane, a Bellanca Citabria Super Decathlon, carried a locator that sends a satellite signal after a rough landing, but officials said they had picked up no locator signals from the plane or radio communication. Even if the plane locator failed, Fossett usually wears a Breitling Emergency watch that allows pilots to easily signal their location, said Granger Whitelaw, co-founder of the Rocket Racing League. ``They're registered to us personally, so they know it's you,'' he said by phone Wednesday from New York. There had been no word of such a signal by Wednesday. Rescuers in Nevada had higher hopes of finding something because there was little wind to interfere with their aerial search efforts, unlike Tuesday, said Gary Derks, operations officer for the Nevada Division of Emergency Management. The aerial search Tuesday included 14 aircraft conducting grid searches over 7,500 square miles _ an area larger than Connecticut. The search on Wednesday was intended to concentrate on 600 square miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 probably in mexico banging hot chicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckus Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Seems like once a week one of those single engine personal planes goes down. A friend of mine and his father were killed in one not long ago. Someone would have to offer me a load of money to get in one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwbiggs Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Gotta love planes :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckus Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Clearly he forgot to sacrifice his goat before take off..... http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?t=209501 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenaa Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Maybe he pulled a Howard Hughes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted September 12, 2007 Author Share Posted September 12, 2007 It's been 9 days and he's still missing. Survival experts doubt Fossett still alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 New Leads in Search for Fossett By BRENDAN RILEY Associated Press Writer CARSON CITY, Nev. Sep 25, 2007 (AP) Relying on new leads from Air Force experts, crews looking for famed aviator Steve Fossett plan to comb a rugged area near Death Valley by air and foot, authorities said Tuesday. Gary Derks, the state Department of Public Safety official in charge of the search, said the Air Force analyzed images picked up by radar and satellite and "picked up what could be Mr. Fossett, his track." "It gives us an idea, if it's him, what direction he was going," Derks said of the wealthy adventurer, missing for more than three weeks. Derks said the area stretches about 100 miles to the southeast from where Fossett took off Sept. 3, an airstrip on a million-acre ranch owned by hotel mogul Barron Hilton. Maps show the area would include Nevada's remote Silver Peak Range, close to Death Valley National Park in California. "There's nothing definite, nothing concrete," Derks said. "These are just some hits that we want to track." Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 That would be awesome if they found him alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted October 3, 2007 Author Share Posted October 3, 2007 Fossett Search Called Off By ASHLEY PHILLIPS Oct. 3, 2007 Share The U.S. Air Force has officially ended the Civil Air Patrol's search for explorer Steve Fossett, more than three weeks after he went missing during a single-engine plane flight, the Civil Air Patrol said. "We consider it suspended," the patrol's acting national commander, Brig. Gen. Amy S. Courter, told ABCNEWS.com today. "If new leads come in, we would consider additional [action] — whether it's interviewing or flying — to support it." Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_cavalierman Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Dude would be the survivalists from hell (no pun intended) if they found him alive in that enviroment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Fossett Search Called Off By ASHLEY PHILLIPS Oct. 3, 2007 Share The U.S. Air Force has officially ended the Civil Air Patrol's search for explorer Steve Fossett, more than three weeks after he went missing during a single-engine plane flight, the Civil Air Patrol said. "We consider it suspended," the patrol's acting national commander, Brig. Gen. Amy S. Courter, told ABCNEWS.com today. "If new leads come in, we would consider additional [action] — whether it's interviewing or flying — to support it." Click on the link for the full article I find it amazing that you can loose a whole plane in a relatively small region of this country and not find it after many thousands of hours of searching by aircraft, use of reconnaissance satellites etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 Nevada governor to bill Fossett widow for search expenses CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Gov. Jim Gibbons intends to bill the widow of missing multimillionaire adventurer Steve Fossett for $687,000 the state spent in searching for the famed aviator last fall, a spokesman said. Gibbons spokesman Ben Kieckhefer told the Las Vegas Review-Journal it was his understanding that the governor will bill Peggy Fossett for costs of the unsuccessful search. Fossett, 63, took off Sept. 3 from Barron Hilton's Flying M Ranch, south of Yerington, in a small plane on what was supposed to be a short pleasure flight. During a monthlong search, ground crews, the Nevada National Guard and the Civil Air Patrol scoured a 20,000 square-mile area, but turned up no sign of Fossett or his plane. Hilton, the hotel magnate, later voluntarily sent the state a check $200,000 to cover some of the search costs. Fossett was declared legally dead Feb. 15 by an Illinois judge. In making that determination, Cook County Circuit Court Judge Jeffery Malak said Fossett left a "vast," eight-figure estate. Billing someone for the costs of a search is unusual. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Nevada governor to bill Fossett widow for search expenses CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Gov. Jim Gibbons intends to bill the widow of missing multimillionaire adventurer Steve Fossett for $687,000 the state spent in searching for the famed aviator last fall, a spokesman said. Gibbons spokesman Ben Kieckhefer told the Las Vegas Review-Journal it was his understanding that the governor will bill Peggy Fossett for costs of the unsuccessful search. Fossett, 63, took off Sept. 3 from Barron Hilton's Flying M Ranch, south of Yerington, in a small plane on what was supposed to be a short pleasure flight. During a monthlong search, ground crews, the Nevada National Guard and the Civil Air Patrol scoured a 20,000 square-mile area, but turned up no sign of Fossett or his plane. Hilton, the hotel magnate, later voluntarily sent the state a check $200,000 to cover some of the search costs. Fossett was declared legally dead Feb. 15 by an Illinois judge. In making that determination, Cook County Circuit Court Judge Jeffery Malak said Fossett left a "vast," eight-figure estate. Billing someone for the costs of a search is unusual. Click on the link for the full article What a guy:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpillian Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I'm sure this will garner great PR for the NV governor. I don't know how I feel about it, but it's seems to be dumb from a political angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stophovr6 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 This got me thinking of that Brazilian preist that floated off. Whatever happened to him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 She shouldn't have to pay, they never found him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen-like Todd Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 She shouldn't have to pay, they never found him. Kind of like witholding payment for someone who doesn't finish building your deck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buford T. Justice Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 This got me thinking of that Brazilian preist that floated off. Whatever happened to him? That guy was a cluster balloonist! I saw someone like him in VA a few years ago. It looks like fun but you are at the mercy of the wind currents. Knowing my luck someone would try to shoot me down. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Don't get it. What law or contract makes a person responsible for a search that, I'd bet, neither he nor the widow authorized? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stophovr6 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Don't get it. What law or contract makes a person responsible for a search that, I'd bet, neither he nor the widow authorized? Do you get billed for an ambulance ride that you never remember taking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Do you get billed for an ambulance ride that you never remember taking? Some jurisdictions have that rule. Some don't. But the ones that do, have the rule because a law got passed, and they bill everybody. There may be such a law in effect in this jurisdiction, I just haven't seen anything that says so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Don't get it. What law or contract makes a person responsible for a search that, I'd bet, neither he nor the widow authorized? Yeah, I'd like to where she signed the contract for the type of service to be provided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Gov. Jim Gibbons: "I'm sorry to report that we've declared your husband dead. Sorry about that.... Anyhoo, here's a bill for 700,000 bucks. Have a nice day." :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Did he leave everything to his faithful butler, Alfred? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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