Steve Fossett missing

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Lemon law

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: Lemon law
Senseamp, we are talking about Steve Fossett here, the quintessential definition of American rugged individualism. To even hint he might be mortal or could possible be taken out by any less than atomic powered artillery is a complete insult to compassionate conservatives and violates the very principles of political correctness. Now if we were talking about some foreigner, especially of the Muslim variety, they would be cheering you on. And such a foreign pilot is found alive, they in their very compassion would rush to help bury any survivors.

Could the 2 of you please stop trolling? Neither of you are even remotely close to reality. kthxbye

In case you did not notice Vic, I was defending senseamp who got jumped on and unfairly savaged for even daring to suggest that flying in small planes can be a hazardous. And given the very people doing the savaging, I suggested a reason given their past posts on other threads. I do note I made some very reality based posts on this thread and so did quite a few others. Read at least the entire thread before jumping to unwarranted conclusions.

No, that's not at all what senseamp did.

Originally posted by: senseamp
Latest addition to my "When first class isn't good enough" list. Next to John Denver, Payne Stewart and JFK Jr, among others.

I wonder... in your glorious socialist utopia, will your magnificence still be kind enough to allow us peons the tiny boon of auto racing? Or flying small private planes like this one? Even though (surely for our own good of course) you wouldn't want us to risk our lives and maybe kill ourselves, thus ruining our usefulness to your greatness...

:roll:

 

[1EZduzit]

Still no news on Steve?? This is not a situation where no news is good news, I think something happened, checking out old lake beds would entail flying "low and slow" which means one little mistake is all it takes because you have no room to compensate.

Kinda cool video (I thought) that shows what a Super Decathlon is all about.

 

[theeedude]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: Lemon law

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: Lemon law
Senseamp, we are talking about Steve Fossett here, the quintessential definition of American rugged individualism. To even hint he might be mortal or could possible be taken out by any less than atomic powered artillery is a complete insult to compassionate conservatives and violates the very principles of political correctness. Now if we were talking about some foreigner, especially of the Muslim variety, they would be cheering you on. And such a foreign pilot is found alive, they in their very compassion would rush to help bury any survivors.

Could the 2 of you please stop trolling? Neither of you are even remotely close to reality. kthxbye

In case you did not notice Vic, I was defending senseamp who got jumped on and unfairly savaged for even daring to suggest that flying in small planes can be a hazardous. And given the very people doing the savaging, I suggested a reason given their past posts on other threads. I do note I made some very reality based posts on this thread and so did quite a few others. Read at least the entire thread before jumping to unwarranted conclusions.

No, that's not at all what senseamp did.

Originally posted by: senseamp
Latest addition to my "When first class isn't good enough" list. Next to John Denver, Payne Stewart and JFK Jr, among others.

I wonder... in your glorious socialist utopia, will your magnificence still be kind enough to allow us peons the tiny boon of auto racing? Or flying small private planes like this one? Even though (surely for our own good of course) you wouldn't want us to risk our lives and maybe kill ourselves, thus ruining our usefulness to your greatness...

:roll:

I didn't say you can't risk your life and fly private planes. But when you crash, you are going on the list. People do a lot of higher risk things that may make them Darwin award recipients, and so do I, but that doesn't mean their deaths can't serve as warnings to others.

 

[1EZduzit]

Latest sighting in Nevada isn't Steve Fossett's plane, officials say

RENO, Nev. (AP) ? Rescue crews searching for Steve Fossett stumbled across another false lead Sunday when they discovered what they thought was a downed airplane.

It was not that of the missing aviator.

Rescue crews spotted an object southeast of the private ranch where Fossett was staying when he took off Monday for what was supposed to be a three-hour flight.

They did not say what the sighting was, only that it wasn't Fossett's plane.

At least six times during the search rescue crews have spotted wreckage they thought might be Fossett's only to learn they were from crashes years and sometimes decades ago.

Gosh, you'd think as much as it costs to search for people they would have some kind of a gps database of where the old wrecks are located to cross-reference?

 

[PELarson]

Originally posted by: 1EZduzit
Latest sighting in Nevada isn't Steve Fossett's plane, officials say

RENO, Nev. (AP) ? Rescue crews searching for Steve Fossett stumbled across another false lead Sunday when they discovered what they thought was a downed airplane.

It was not that of the missing aviator.

Rescue crews spotted an object southeast of the private ranch where Fossett was staying when he took off Monday for what was supposed to be a three-hour flight.

They did not say what the sighting was, only that it wasn't Fossett's plane.

At least six times during the search rescue crews have spotted wreckage they thought might be Fossett's only to learn they were from crashes years and sometimes decades ago.

Gosh, you'd think as much as it costs to search for people they would have some kind of a gps database of where the old wrecks are located to cross-reference?

And if Fossett's plane went down in the same place as the database says a previous wreck existed and it wasn't checked?

 

[1EZduzit]

If they're going to end up checking those places anyway then ground people could drive around and check those areas out which would save valuable airtime.

Argue all you want, a database would be a good idea IMO.

 

[ProfJohn]

Ez something like 6 of these wreaks have never been seen before.

Maybe he had a heart attack and died at the controls before he could turn on his GPS watch and then the plane flew until it ran out of gas. Remember when Payne Stewart?s plane decompressed and everyone died from lack of oxygen? The plane flew for hours before it finally crashed.

 

[piasabird]

He was kidnapped by aliens.

 

[1EZduzit]

Originally posted by: ProfJohn
Ez something like 6 of these wreaks have never been seen before.

Maybe he had a heart attack and died at the controls before he could turn on his GPS watch and then the plane flew until it ran out of gas. Remember when Payne Stewart?s plane decompressed and everyone died from lack of oxygen? The plane flew for hours before it finally crashed.

Now that we have GPS, they should enter those wrecks into a database for future reference.

It sure could have been a heart attack or he could have been cranking the plane around in a tight turn to get a closer look at something and a gust of wind came along and messed the manuever up causes him to stall out at a unrecoverable altitude.

Payne Stewart's plane was a small jet, at altitude, and had a wing leveler or it would have crashed much sooner. If I recall corectly it only crashed because it ran out of fuel.

The ELT he had was a very reliable one that rarely fails so it would seem he either had a severe crash that disabled the ELT or had a heart attack, but was able to sit the plane down before he died so the ELT didn't activate.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: piasabird
He was kidnapped by aliens.

Or fly into Area 51 Airspace and is now rendered to Syria!!

I'm somewhat confused as to why he'd even need to do this. It's not like he's the first to use dried Lake Beds for Speed Record setting, why not just use one that's been used before? Suppose it's a little late to ask now though.

 

[1EZduzit]

Google Earth mobilised in search for Fossett

Amazon and Google are colloborating to try and locate adventurer Steve Fossett, missing since last Monday somewhere in Nevada.

Amazon has mobilised its Mechanical Turk using the "latest" images of Nevada and parts of California just deployed on Google Earth, and is asking people to scour snippets of imagery for Fosset's Bellanca Citabria Super Decathalon - described as "30 pixel wingspan by 21 pixels by length".

Welcome to Amazon Mechanical Turk. To help in the search for Steve Fossett, please click here and select the "Work on HITs" button. New users will be asked to complete a short registration process before they can start identifying images.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: 1EZduzit
Google Earth mobilised in search for Fossett

Amazon and Google are colloborating to try and locate adventurer Steve Fossett, missing since last Monday somewhere in Nevada.

Amazon has mobilised its Mechanical Turk using the "latest" images of Nevada and parts of California just deployed on Google Earth, and is asking people to scour snippets of imagery for Fosset's Bellanca Citabria Super Decathalon - described as "30 pixel wingspan by 21 pixels by length".

Welcome to Amazon Mechanical Turk. To help in the search for Steve Fossett, please click here and select the "Work on HITs" button. New users will be asked to complete a short registration process before they can start identifying images.

Thats actually a really cool application of current technology.

 

[1EZduzit]

Still no Fosset. He almost certainly has to be dead by now.

Search for Fossett could solve decades-old mysteries

 

[EagleKeeper]

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[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Common Courtesy
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Steve Fosset led a fearless and full life.