Article

2008-10-02 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Sheriff: Search teams find Fossett wreckage

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by tu3031 2008-10-02 11:17|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Most of the fuselage disintegrated on impact, and the engine was found several hundred feet away, Anderson said.

Seems to imply either:
1. An in-flight breakup; or
2. Post-crash snow melt moved the airframe but not the heavier engine.

Either way, it's not the fall that gets you; it's that damn sudden stop....

Posted by Uncle Phester 2008-10-02 16:03|| 2008-10-02 16:03|| Front Page Top

#2 If i remember correctly, he took off in marginally VFR weather; suspect it closed in on him and he ran out of altitude before he ran out of the wx and tried to fly through a cumulo-granite.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-10-02 16:15|| 2008-10-02 16:15|| Front Page Top

#3 "It's quite often if you don't find remains within a few days, because of animals, you'll find nothing at all," Anderson said.

Eeewww...

Posted by tu3031 2008-10-02 17:13|| 2008-10-02 17:13|| Front Page Top

#4 There are probably still some bones ~~or bone fragments~~ lying around the vicinity somewhere.

GFL finding them....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-02 17:32|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-10-02 17:32|| Front Page Top

#5 With DNA testing, they'll find something, if there's something to find - presuming it's all not in a creek or snowmelt carried stuff away.

A skull, femur, whatever should be around - it's only been one seasonal cycle.

Posted by Don Vito Omeling5062 2008-10-02 20:05|| 2008-10-02 20:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Fawcett was incredibly self-centered and inconsiderate. A lot of people donated their time and risked their safety looking for him in a HUGE area. It is easy and free to file a flight plan, and there are RCOs (radio outlets) around to announce your position to Flight Service. Speeds up the search and saves time and energy.

Wonder if he bailed out and disappeared. Just an Art Bell kinda thought.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-10-02 21:09|| 2008-10-02 21:09|| Front Page Top

23:45 Spanky Jairong5704
23:17 JosephMendiola
23:16 ryuge
23:11 Abu do you love
23:10 JosephMendiola
23:09 Abu do you love
23:09 trailing wife
22:52 Frank G
22:41 JosephMendiola
22:38 Abu do you love
22:37 Pappy
22:31 JosephMendiola
22:22 tipper
22:16 Mike N.
22:12 Anonymoose
22:04 Anonymoose
22:03 Rambler in Virginia
22:01 Abu do you love
22:00 Barbara Skolaut
21:54 Zhang Fei
21:50 JosephMendiola
21:49 Mike N.
21:48 JosephMendiola
21:45 Abu do you love