Steve Fossett, the businessman and aviator, gets lost in his one engine plane over Nevada...

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Search_Continues_for_American_Adventurer_Stev e_Fossett_08341.html

Engine trouble, led to difficulties in keeping the plane in the air. Then he crashed into the middle of nowhere.

Since he didn't file a flightplan we can safely assume he was running drugs and got hit by columbian drugs dealers when purchasing a new stash of coke. A transaction turned foul.

Since he didn't file a flightplan we can safely assume he was running drugs and got hit by columbian drugs dealers when purchasing a new stash of coke. A transaction turned foul.

:bravo::roflmao:

He has crash landed, survived, but has lost his mind...and now lives in the burrows o fNevada, like a mouse...eating cactusses

There's not enough choices in the poll, so I couldn't check anything.

Everything is speculation ....is that what we all like to do all the time? Are we so impatient for an answer that we make up our own? Geez!!

Baron Max

Yes, that all we do. I dont even stop to breathe.

Yes, that all we do. I dont even stop to breathe.

what about death?

dragon:

You're a genius. I think he was kidnapped by aliens, and is an alien himself, and he converted to Plazma, that he is both dead and alive at the same time, and that he is hiding out in Nevada with a mouse... er... like a mouse....

or something.

He fell victim to the Nevada trapezoid and is now traveling in another dimension.

what about death?
Its not so bad.

Latest News: Stephen Fossett has not been found and the search cost for the aviator have climbed to $600,000.

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20071005/OPINION01/710050012

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He died... rose again in three days... and ascended into heaven to sit at the right hand of Big Daddy, with his best pal, The Spook.

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He died... rose again in three days... and ascended into heaven to sit at the right hand of Big Daddy, with his best pal, The Spook.

that would be the first choice...he died...as to what happens to him after he died...it dont matter.

I think he hooked up with his old (very old) girlfriend Amelia.

I think he hooked up with his old (very old) girlfriend Amelia.

yeah...but that does not explain why he has dissapeared...

I think he hooked up with his old (very old) girlfriend Amelia.

They're hangin' out with their pal Howard...
;)

the Duck???

the Duck???

Ach !

Howard Hughes ! (AT THE CONTROLS OF THE XF-11 )
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1663/xf11accident1lp8.jpg

its like a bimbo blonde speaking with an aerospace engineer about the pedicure she just made while he is describing her the specific of the motor.

:roflmao:

its like a bimbo blonde speaking with an aerospace engineer about the pedicure she just made while he is describing her the specific of the motor.

:roflmao:

Like you knew HH was a pilot, Marl...
:rolleyes:

Ach !

;) I know. I was just being funny. As if Howard the Duck ever flew. :rolleyes:
again, trying to be funny.

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I bet he could fly as IRON DUCK !!!!
LoL !
http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/1595/301kq5.jpg

well, that explains that. Fossett was obviously the evil Dr Bong and he was shot down by Iron Duck.

The search for Steve continues: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/us/15fossett.html?ref=us

Steve oh Steve...were are you...wondering through Nevada desert the fragile body of a man made millionaire...lays open to the nuclear sky

http://water.usgs.gov/ympb/images/nevada_map.jpg

I got to say...he chose the most romantic death possible

There's nothing romantic for aviators about getting killed in an airplane.

There's nothing romantic for aviators about getting killed in an airplane.

he was an old adventurist, he probably saw death coming to him and decided that instead of rotting in a hospital he will be remembered for becoming a myth by vanishing.

Steve had a lot more adventures planned, but nothing to prove. My guess is that he was momentarily distracted, and just flew the Decathlon into the ground.

At Last! Steve Fosset plane was found amidst Mammoth Lakes, California

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&q=Mammoth+Lakes&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=image

http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/roundup-steve-fosset-2909/

No mention of the body?

"Remains of Fossett's single-engined Bellanca aeroplane were discovered near the summit of a ridge 10,000 feet above sea level in the Ansel Adams Wilderness section of the two-million acre Inyo National Fores. Local Sheriff Jon Anderson told a press conference that no human remains had yet been found, but that his department was continuing to search."

Suspicious.....

It has been some time, wild animals get hungry.

whats interesting is how close to the point of his departure, the wreckage was found.

It's a hoax, he's hiding in a barn.

Steve oh Steve...were are you...wondering through Nevada desert the fragile body of a man made millionaire...lays open to the nuclear sky

http://water.usgs.gov/ympb/images/nevada_map.jpg

He was irradiated while flying over the US radioactive dump and turned into a super hero.
He now looks a bit like this.

http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/37853/60d/images.enature.com/reptile_amph/reptile_amph_m/ar0156_1m.jpg
Latest Picture of Steve Fossett. Copyright United Press

What I find interesting is the banknotes staying close to each other. Unless the jacket or wallet containing them was torn apart not so long....

Great thread but there's not enough unscientific speculation going on.

Just for fun's sake, let's say he pulled off a disappearance trick. How did he do it?:

1. Jumped off of plane above a flat area and the plane collided with the mountain later. Problem is, that there was a chance of discovering the plane early, with no body in it.

2. Plane was parked and hid somewhere and once the rescue was finished, it was dropped/flew into the mountain by someone. The money with the ID were put there to let someone find them.

not very likely scenarios, but not impossible ones either...

Just for fun's sake, let's say he pulled off a disappearance trick. How did he do it?:



What if he and Richard Branson are the same person.

Branson was always being pleaded with by his family not to go off on madcap dangerous journeys,
so he may have taken the identity of Fossett as an alter ego, perhaps after Fossett died in an earlier accident.
This allowed him to be an adventurer without upsetting his family.

He's always on the Television when they are talking about Fossett.
Doesn't that seem suspicious to you?

Richard Branson tired of being two people.
He developed a drone plane, then, putting a dummy of Fossett on board,
he waved him goodbye with the other people, and gave a TV interview.
Then, secretly, he went into the Nevada desert and scattered around a few $100 bills and other things belonging to Fosset.
He also buried a transmitter, so the plane could be guided to the right area.

After returning to England he crashed the plane using a remote computer.
Again, he appeared on TV in an interview, looking concerned.

A few months later, the crashed plane is found in the desert.
Branson appears on TV again, looking devastated, but he is privately pleased.
His plan is working perfectly.

The dummy was very lifelike, but was actually made out of sand, so when the plane crashed, all trace of it disappeared.

Human remains were found close to the crash site:

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE4907G820081003

Human remains were found close to the crash site:

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE4907G820081003

Thanks. Dash my theory down in flames! :(

Latest News. Bones may not be human.:)

California sheriff John Anderson said that no human remains were found at Steve Fossett’s plane as they may or may not be human. The remains found were sufficient for DNA testing.


http://www.eitb24.com/new/en/B24_112999/life/DISCOVERY-No-human-remains-at-Fossettrsquos-plane-Sheriff/

That sentence contradicts itself....

That sentence contradicts itself....

Californian Sheriffs are not particularly well known for their attention to grammatical detail.

A set of massive teeth were discovered and an identikit likeness was modelled. It bears astriking resemblance to Sir Dicky Branson..:D

Californian Sheriffs are not particularly well known for their attention to grammatical detail.

A set of massive teeth were discovered and an identikit likeness was modelled. It bears astriking resemblance to Sir Dicky Branson..:D

What:eek:
You mean that it is actually Steve Fosset who has taken on the identity of Richard Branson, and left Branson's body in the desert disguised as himself.
The Dastard!

Spud, you are a genius.
Actually, you are wrong in one detail.
There was once a Californian Sheriff who was good at grammar, but the other sheriffs made his life a misery and he shot himself.

Spud, you are a genius.

Takes a fucktard to know the devious mind of another.

There was once a Californian Sheriff who was good at grammar, but the other sheriffs made his life a misery and he shot himself.

Wasn't dat de guv'ner?

No sorry, he shot the sheriff..and will be back!

What if neither Richard Branson, nor Fossett are dead, and Fossett has taken on the identity of Branson, and Branson that of the Sheriff, who is definitely trying to confuse things.
The only person dead is the cleverdick Sheriff who was good at grammar, and it is his bones that are in the desert.

No Branson is Arnie, Fossett is Prince Charles.

Prince Charles is on freakin' Mars and Arnie is Stallone.

Don't ask me about Stallone ( although I've got my suspicions)

No Branson is Arnie, Fossett is Prince Charles.

Prince Charles is on freakin' Mars and Arnie is Stallone.

Don't ask me about Stallone ( although I've got my suspicions)

Now you are being ridiculous.
Get back to the case.

Sorry, from genius to fucktard in two and a half posts.

I honestly though Fossett had vapourised then acid rained himself over the great lakes ( a molecule of Fossett is attached to a bubble of hydrogen as we speak trying to cross Lake Superior in a single month. Early Fall frosts seem destined to freeze his attempt midstream)

Sorry, from genius to fucktard in two and a half posts.

I honestly though Fossett had vapourised then acid rained himself over the great lakes ( a molecule of Fossett is attached to a bubble of hydrogen as we speak trying to cross Lake Superior in a single month. Early Fall frosts seem destined to freeze his attempt midstream)

barp/
Very, erm, imaginative.
If you sent me one of those big ugly toads in the post, do you think it would get through customs?
Probably not.

Policeman: Captain Kremmen, we is arrestin' you on suspicion of the importation of a psychedelic toad.
We believe it 'as come from that Tantawangalo 'ippy camp what our Australian colleagues is watching.
CK: But what made you suspicious?
Policeman: The main thing was this note attached to the outside of the parcel. (Reads) "Here is a nice fat sikidelic frog", signed Brad and Dwayne.
The other thing is that the parcel was jumping up and down.

barp/
Very imaginative.
If you sent me one of those big ugly toads in the post, do you think it would get through customs?

I'm only quoting!

Bush cigars Kremmen, it's the season.
Cane toads turn ya brain to mush ( Russell Crowe is a cane toad man)

I'm only quoting!

Bush cigars Kremmen, it's the season.
Cane toads turn ya brain to mush ( Russell Crowe is a cane toad man)

Don't send one! I don't want to turn out like Crowe!
(Will now leave this thread to more sensible comment.)

What if Fossett cut of a hand or leg just to leave DNA behind?

Something Ate Him!

What i find funny in this day of technology a millionaire cant be found for months in a crashed plane, what was he the dumbest millionaire out there?

Richard branson does not go the toilet for a shit without everthing from helicopter support to toilet water sonar.

Nowadays you are really rich only if you can afford to be without phonecalls for an extended period of time.
But yes, his plane should have had a GPS locator....

Emergency Locator Transmitters are not constructed and installed with the expectation of working after crashes that are violent enough to mostly obliterate the aircraft and occupants. The purpose of ELTs is survivor location shortly after survivable crashes. Fossett most likely hit that mountainside with a functioning ELT (they're required equipment) but the antenna and/or ELT device was likely compromised or destroyed very quickly in the fierce impact and fire. It would be an expensive challenge (with diminishing returns IMO) to equip personal aircraft with locator systems capable of surviving what the human occupant(s) of the aircraft cannot.