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Title: <S> Steve Fossett
Post by: rpm 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.

(http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2007/steve_fossett/steve_fossett_01.jpg)
Title: <S> Steve Fossett
Post by: Holden McGroin 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?
Title: <S> Steve Fossett
Post by: DiabloTX on February 16, 2008, 04:43:39 AM
There are old pilots and bold pilots but no old bold pilots.
Title: <S> Steve Fossett
Post by: culero on February 16, 2008, 05:56:46 AM
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
There are old pilots and bold pilots but no old bold pilots.


~cough~Yeager~cough~

;)
Title: <S> Steve Fossett
Post by: chase4 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
Title: <S> Steve Fossett
Post by: AquaShrimp 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.
Title: <S> Steve Fossett
Post by: mensa180 on February 16, 2008, 11:55:22 AM
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Originally posted by AquaShrimp
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.
Title: <S> Steve Fossett
Post by: trax1 on February 16, 2008, 12:28:12 PM
, the man was an aviation visionary.
Title: <S> Steve Fossett
Post by: Captain Virgil Hilts on February 16, 2008, 01:20:34 PM
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
There are old pilots and bold pilots but no old bold pilots.


Tell that to good fighter pilots.
Title: <S> Steve Fossett
Post by: Masherbrum on February 16, 2008, 06:22:26 PM
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Originally posted by AquaShrimp
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.
Title: <S> Steve Fossett
Post by: BMathis 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.

to him and his family
Title: <S> Steve Fossett
Post by: trax1 on February 16, 2008, 08:19:20 PM
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Originally posted by bnasty
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?
Title: <S> Steve Fossett
Post by: sunfan1121 on February 16, 2008, 10:15:48 PM
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Originally posted by AquaShrimp
He prolly just went AFK for a minute, and he thought his auto-climb was on.  But it wasn't.


cummon thats funny:lol
Title: <S> Steve Fossett
Post by: LePaul on February 17, 2008, 12:08:54 AM
Abducted by aliens  :)

Sad that he vanished without a trace like this.

Title: <S> Steve Fossett
Post by: trax1 on February 17, 2008, 12:09:42 AM
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Originally posted by LePaul
Abducted by aliens  :)
You know I was thinking the same thing.:noid
Title: <S> Steve Fossett
Post by: acfireguy26 on February 17, 2008, 12:11:42 AM
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Originally posted by sunfan1121
cummon thats funny:lol


I did giggle a little at first, then I felt bad.
Title: <S> Steve Fossett
Post by: rpm on February 17, 2008, 02:52:33 AM
His flightpath covered a lot of rugged country. A small plane crashed on a mountain could be very hard to see, especially if there was no fire.
Title: <S> Steve Fossett
Post by: trax1 on February 17, 2008, 02:59:40 AM
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Originally posted by rpm
His flightpath covered a lot of rugged country. A small plane crashed on a mountain could be very hard to see, especially if there was no fire.
Well hopefully some day they'll find it so his family can give him a proper burial.
Title: <S> Steve Fossett
Post by: Nilsen on February 17, 2008, 03:04:53 AM
I read on wikipedia that during the search for him they found 8! previously uncharted crash sites. They must have searched alot of ground to find that and it makes you wonder just how many of these missing planes there are scattered around the US, and and the world for that matter.

Hopefully some of those 8 sites can be identified and some families get the final word on what happened to their lost relatives.