Did they ever find Steve Fosset?
Last I heard was something about the Govt. holding him at Area 51.
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Good question, I was curious and then never heard anymore about it on the news.
I found this.
http://www.stevefossett.com/0 -
I think not. I seem to remember them "scaling back" the search after about a week and a half. I interpreted 'scaling back' to mean "we don't really want to say we're giving up." 0 -
the military was trying to find him, with sats.
But no word since 27 sep0 -
As of this morning........[:)][:)]
rider
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298646,00.html0 -
It is panning out to be one of the great unsolved mysteries of all time. 0 -
They will find him tomorrow. 0 -
Kind of got a kick out of the part where they "fear for his safety".
Odds are he's a goner by now.0 -
I assumed we shot him down, for spying for the Britische, since he seemed so chummmy with those Englishmen. 0 -
Dudes,,,I know,,,HE WAS SHOT down OVER area 51,,,,trying to do surveillance there for a new story,,,that what happened,,,nambu 0 -
"Gloryhound" Fosset likes to do things in a big way. I'd look for him in the northwest Alpha Centauri quadrant. 
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nope. they gave up.
just like he wanted it most likely.
ironic though, the search did turn up 8 other unsolved crashes. too bad the 8 crew lost in those crashes werent as RICH or popular as he was. they would have kept looking.[B)]0 -
C & P from riders link. Seems Mr. Derks is a bit conflicted.
RENO, Nev. - Relying on a new Air Force analysis of radar and satellite images, crews looking for millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett combed the rugged Nevada backcountry on foot and by air.
Dozens of searchers set off Saturday after analysts spotted what may be clues to the whereabouts of Fossett, who has been missing since Sept. 3.
"We have about 50 people on ATVs, horseback, walking - anything they can find to get them into the canyon," said Gary Derks, the state Department of Public Safety official in charge of the search.
Three Civil Air Patrol planes flew over the mountainous area as volunteers scoured the ground. The search was to continue Sunday.
"If he's there, he's going to be hard to see. That's why we're sending in the ground search-and-rescue crews, too," Derks said.
The formal aerial search by the Civil Air Patrol and Nevada National Guard helicopters ended Sept. 19 after pilots spent more than two weeks scouring an area twice the size of New Jersey.
Saturday's search occurred southeast of the ranch in western Nevada where Fossett had taken off, Derks said, declining to elaborate to avoid attracting private pilots. Some have feared for the unwanted freelancers' safety.
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Search for Missing Aviator Steve Fossett Scaled Back "It doesn't make any difference to anybody who finds Mr. Fossett," Derks said. "This is not a race to find him. Whoever finds him will help all of us."
A private search by Fossett's family and friends continued last week.
Fossett, 63, has not been seen since he left on what was supposed to be a short ride in a lightweight acrobatic plane to scout locations to break the land speed record.
The adventurer, who made millions as a commodities broker in Chicago, is the first person to circle the globe solo in a balloon. He also has swum the English Channel, completed the Iditarod sled-dog race and scaled some of the world's best-known peaks.0 -
Yes, I too would like to hear the stories of the other 8 lost planes. 0 -
I heard the story of one of those planes. The pilot lived in California, and had a son who was five years old.
All the poor kid knew was that his dad was gone. There was speculation that he ran off with another woman, etc.
Twenty years later, the Fossett search party found his dad's plane.
The guy was glad to find out what had happened to his dad.0
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