Brother Steve Fossett is missing in Nevada:
 

U.S. adventurer Steve Fossett missing in Nevada

RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - U.S. millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who made record-breaking solo flights by plane and balloon, has disappeared over the Nevada desert after taking off in a small plane to scout sites for an attempt to set a world land speed record, authorities said on Tuesday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...edName=topNews

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20588788/

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/04/fos...ing/index.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295714,00.html

I hope he's found safe.

If not, what a remarkable life.

DA;
Either way you cut it; you are right.
News is still open but as time goes on.......:
Branson hopes Google images help find Fossett
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...edName=topNews
Rescuers hope experience, grit will aid Fossett

Millionaire adventurer went missing while flying in Nevada on Monday

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20588788/


http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/05/fos...ing/index.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295752,00.html

From the public side of National's site:
http://www.sae.net/index.asp?r=newsr...=104&art_cat=3

Fossett search area extended again
Fri Sep 7, 2007 7:00 PM ET



By William Albright
RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - The search for U.S. adventurer Steve Fossett, missing in the rugged Nevada desert for five days, was expanded again on Friday, but authorities said they were suspending night flights.
Capt. April Conway, spokeswoman for the Nevada Air National Guard, told reporters the air search had been extended to 17,000 sq miles from 10,000 sq miles (26,000 sq km).

http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...TT.xml&src=rss

http://news.aol.com/story/ar/_a/avia...00010000000001

Aviator's Fate Puzzles Search Crews
MINDEN, Nev. - In their quest to find missing aviator Steve Fossett, searchers have come across uncharted plane crashes six times. But none of the wrecks shed light on what may have happened to the multimillionaire.
Hopes that a wrecked plane spotted on the side of a hill might be Fossett's were dashed quickly Friday when ground crews learned the plane last was registered more than three decades ago.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20588883/

He could still be alive--I read a story yesterday on CNN about a woman surviving TWO WEEKS at the bottom of a canyon with no food or water. Let's hope they do find him!

Thank you for your kind words and thoughts.

We all can only hope.

Jon Steve was and has been a courages person of great esteem.

I too hope his is found alive, but each day is going to be harder to find him alive.

I hope there is some kind of closure and soon.

Here's a video from CNN describing what I do as a volunteer member of the Civil Air Patrol. While it is highly unlikely I'll be asked to help out in the Fossett Search this should give you an idea on how rugged the terrain is in the search area.

These things we do, that others may live.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...ett.search.cnn

As those of us who live in Colorado know well, small airplanes and rugged terain are often not a good combination.

As time goes on, chances diminish, but as the CAP Major said, there is still hope.

Also, a thank you is deserved by all of the searchers and emergency responders. That job can be dangerous as well. My former TV station lost a helicopter along with our pilot and an observer while they were helping search for a missing commuter plane. They didn't even have a photographer along (thankfully, in this case), but were just trying to help.

Thank you for the link.
And Thank You, and all volunteers and FR, for what they do.

Haven't heard much lately.

Any news?

Thanks for asking; I fear nothing good.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...-20070728.html

Volunteers hamper Fossett search, some flights barred
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldN...29556220070916

Fossett disappearance turning into mystery

By Rob Woollard in Los Angeles
September 16, 2007 05:27am
Article from: AAP
LIKE Amelia Earhart's disappearance over the Pacific Ocean 70 years ago, the riddle of Steve Fossett's whereabouts is threatening to become one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599...rom=public_rss
Search for Steve Fossett spreads to the Internet

September 15, 2007
PORTLAND, Maine --Ken Barbalace is helping search western Nevada where aviation adventurer Steve Fossett's plane disappeared -- even though he's 3,000 miles away.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/mai..._the_internet/

Camper's report sends Fossett searchers to Sonora Pass

Kevin Fagan, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, September 14, 2007
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...type=printable
Associated Press
Officials Dismiss Some Fossett Scenarios
By SCOTT SONNER 09.13.07, 9:30 PM ET
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/...ap4116775.html

Unlike several of the missing persons cases over the past few weeks which have had some sort of closure, this one is still open:
Article Posted: 09/28/2007 11:07:17 AM</B>
Fossett Team thanks all for best wishes

Air and ground-based search activities continue from the Flying M Ranch base in an effort to find Steve Fossett or signs of his aircraft, missing since September 3rd.

http://www.swnebr.net/newspaper/cgi-...iver.pl?162095



By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CARSON CITY -- Relying on new leads from Air Force experts, crews looking for famed aviator Steve Fossett plan to comb a rugged area near Death Valley by air and foot, authorities said earlier this week.

http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/20.../16969195.html
http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7135990

Here is hopeing that they find him so there can be some closure for his friends and family.

I am sure after this amount of time he will not be found alive.:(

One can only keep hope for a resolution and closure.

A few more up-dates:
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...edName=topNews

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=85851

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20630489/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20593584/

http://www.startribune.com/484/story/1455128.html

http://www.abcactionnews.com/mostpop...5-c6533690079e

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298646,00.html

Yes.

Interesting that they are saying they have some viable evidence to reopen the search.

Seems as if the "Black side" has something to do with it.

Why?

If Sattelites are looing they can pick up most things with infra RED.

Yes, I do hope they find him! He was a special person to be sure!:cool:

Tom;
Very true on all accounts.
What you may have not understoond or I failed to make clear:
IMVHO/POV, seems as if "Black-Ops" is providing some information.
And if so, thank you very much, I do not care nor need to know more.

Not as 'black' as you think... CAP used ARCHER (Airborne Real-time Cueing Hyperspectral Enhanced Reconnaissance) technology in the search. (The CAP squadron I belong to has an ARCHER equipped aircraft and crews. No, I'm not ARCHER-qualified.) It's already been used with some success in locating downed aircraft. More info: http://www.spacecomputer.com/systems/archer.html

The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (AFRCC) has suspended the search until there's siginificant leads to reactivate the search.

Latest stories about Brother Steven and his family:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/new...7?OpenDocument

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22686945/

http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_articl...storyid=138483

Adventurer Fossett Declared Dead
 

Adventurer Fossett Declared Dead


AP
Posted: 2008-02-15 19:44:03
CHICAGO (Feb. 15) - A judge in Chicago has declared millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett legally dead, five months after his plane disappeared over the Nevada desert.
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/adventu...00010000000001

Gibbons To Bill Fossett's Widow For Search
 

Gibbons To Bill Fossett's Widow For Search

Bill Comes As State Faces $900M Budgetary Shortfall
CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Gov. Jim Gibbons plans to bill the widow of adventurer Steve Fossett for the unsuccessful recovery search.

Last year, the state spent $687,000 over a month looking for the multimillionaire adventurer after his plane disappeared in northern Nevada. During a month-long search, ground crews, the Nevada National Guard and the Civil Air Patrol scoured a 20,000 square-mile area, but turned up no sign of Fossett or his plane.
http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/16098195/detail.html

Simply put, that's just wrong.

Search for Adventurer Fossett Resumes
 

Search for Adventurer Fossett Resumes

BRIDGEPORT, Calif. (July 13) - The hunt for multimillionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who vanished in September after taking off by plane from a remote Nevada ranch, resumes Monday as a team of elite athletes and expert mountaineers starts hiking through rugged mountains on the California-Nevada border where he may have crashed.....
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/search-...412x1200264290

Been missing a pretty long time to hold out too much hope.

True. This is more likely a search and recovery rather than a search and rescue.

A hiker found items and a license that appear to be Steve Fossett's: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081001/...fZ9Wud9NKs0NUE

I hope his remains are located. Even though I hate the term, it will bring closure to his family.

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. - Madera County's sheriff says search teams have found the wreckage of missing adventurer Steve Fossett's airplane.

No mention of his remains being recovered, though.

Full Story.

MADERA, Calif. – Authorities say they've positively identified some of Steve Fossett's remains: two large bones found a half-mile from where the adventurer's plane crashed in California's Sierra Nevada.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/fossett_s...FpNMDqA6hh24cA