Steve Fosset possesions found locally

CharlieTango · Post by **CharlieTango** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:09 pm

on the way to work today i was told by a credible guy that his employee found a lot of $100 bills near Minaret lake and then he found steve fosset's pilot's license.

i just got an email from a friend saying our town, mammoth lakes and steve fosset are in the news.

Chuck · Post by **Chuck** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:51 pm

Fox News Report at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,431307,00.html

CharlieTango · Post by **CharlieTango** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:18 pm

that's pretty much the story here but they omitted the part about the human remains in the bear scat

Chuck · Post by **Chuck** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:01 pm

ewww. I hope that part is not true. But, it does answer the question "Does the bear s___ in the woods?"

Any mention of the plane, or, did the bear eat it too?

glyn · Post by **glyn** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:09 pm

no way.......... i thought for sure the guy took the money and ran... crap, i would have rather him take the money and run instead of this...

CharlieTango · Post by **CharlieTango** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:20 pm

no sign of the plane

Chuck · Post by **Chuck** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:06 pm

Could the plane be in the lake? Underwater? If so, that is why they have not been able to find it to date.

CharlieTango · Post by **CharlieTango** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:00 am

sounds like they found the plane too. they are trying to firm that up before it snows later today or later this week.

here is one of my flying photos of the area

Chuck · Post by **Chuck** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:00 pm

Beautiful country. Those hills look pretty rugged. How high are they?

Chuck · Post by **Chuck** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:04 pm

Fox News is still on the story - for the latest: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,431605,00.html

CharlieTango · Post by **CharlieTango** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:35 pm

Chuck wrote:Beautiful country. Those hills look pretty rugged. How high are they?

Mount Ritter is 13,148' Fosset crashed at 10,000

Chuck · Post by **Chuck** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:28 pm

TV news said they have positively identified the plane. Engine was 300 feet from the rest of the plane, must have been one heck of an impact. But, they have not found any body and are still looking for remains. Did he do a 'Cooper' and bail out of the plane?

Jim Stewart · Post by **Jim Stewart** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:32 pm

They found enough remains for dna testing. At least the family has some closure.

CharlieTango · Post by **CharlieTango** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:02 am

day of crash >AND GUSTY WINDS. /...WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15-25 MPH...ALONG WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.<

the lee of the ritter range is a place to be avoided in such conditions. the minarets are 12'000' and the bigger peaks are 13,000'. the minarets are arettes carved by glaciers on both sides of the ridges, notice the deep notches, winds funnel thru at high speed and then spill turbulently in the area of the crash.

perhaps the decathlon hit servere turbulence or sinking air it couldn't outclimb?