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Offline rpm

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« on: February 16, 2008, 03:47:55 AM »
CHICAGO (AP) — Self-made business tycoon Steve Fossett, whose thirst for adrenaline drove him to fly around the world solo in a balloon, climb mountains and aim for speed records, has been declared dead, 5 months after his small plane vanished. He was 63.

Fossett was last seen after taking off in a single-engine plane from an airstrip near Yerington, Nev., heading toward Bishop, Calif.

Fossett was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in July.

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Offline Holden McGroin

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« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2008, 03:49:15 AM »


I want to know what will happen to the car he bought from Breedlove.  

Will someone see what it can do?
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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2008, 04:43:39 AM »
There are old pilots and bold pilots but no old bold pilots.
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« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2008, 05:56:46 AM »
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There are old pilots and bold pilots but no old bold pilots.


~cough~Yeager~cough~

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« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2008, 06:34:47 AM »
was he not lost over a military testing zone?

I might be mistaken


Big >S< to him and his family
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« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2008, 10:08:33 AM »
He prolly just went AFK for a minute, and he thought his auto-climb was on.  But it wasn't.
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« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2008, 11:55:22 AM »
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He prolly just went AFK for a minute, and he thought his auto-climb was on.  But it wasn't.


Your lack of class never fails to amaze me.
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« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2008, 12:28:12 PM »
, the man was an aviation visionary.
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« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2008, 01:20:34 PM »
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There are old pilots and bold pilots but no old bold pilots.


Tell that to good fighter pilots.
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« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2008, 06:22:26 PM »
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He prolly just went AFK for a minute, and he thought his auto-climb was on.  But it wasn't.
Says the 24 year old classless moron of the BBS.
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« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2008, 08:13:37 PM »
This guys was a bad ass.

I think he may have bit it into some water (my theory anyway)... His E.L.T. was never set off, only because he didn't turn it on himself -it was on his watch.

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Offline trax1

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« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2008, 08:19:20 PM »
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I think he may have bit it into some water (my theory anyway)... His E.L.T. was never set off, only because he didn't turn it on himself -it was on his watch.
Yeah, I wonder just what exactly happen to him, I mean they never even found the plane he was in.  Do you know if there was any bodies of water around the area he was flying in?
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Offline sunfan1121

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« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2008, 10:15:48 PM »
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He prolly just went AFK for a minute, and he thought his auto-climb was on.  But it wasn't.


cummon thats funny:lol
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« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2008, 12:08:54 AM »
Abducted by aliens  :)

Sad that he vanished without a trace like this.

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« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2008, 12:09:42 AM »
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Abducted by aliens  :)
You know I was thinking the same thing.:noid
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