---------------------------------------------------------- Aviation-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 10/06/08: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:48 PM - Steve Fossett N240R crash - pont of interest - anomoly (AirMike) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:48:29 PM PST US Subject: Aviation-List: Steve Fossett N240R crash - pont of interest - anomoly From: "AirMike" In looking at the RGJ.com Reno Gazette photos of the Fossett crash it is interesting to note that the back right cylinder (not sure of the number) seems to have the cylinder head detached. I guess that the NTSB will have to determine if the separation is pre or post crash. The crash site is approx at the halfway point of a line drawn between Thousand Island lake and Devils Postpile. It is just a few hundred feet off the old trail to the Minaret Mine. Interesting that the area was flown over 19 times after the crash occurred by the CAP. Also it is a fairly well traveled area and there was apparently a small post crash fire. I have long suspected that Fossett crashed in the Sierras rather than in rural Nevada. Amazing that it took so long to find the crash site and that nobody observed him flying low that day or saw the small post crash fire. Fossett was a great sportsman in the spirit of Messner, Hillary and a hundred others who pushed the human envelope. Just a month earlier he had a marvelous talk at OSH where he related how he had broken the all time soaring record for absolute altitude in a glider over the Andes (50,727 ft). He was working with a team in Reno on the land speed record when he died. Steve held over 60 world records at the time of his death. An amazing guy or look up on wikopedia - we will miss you Steve -------- OSH '08 or Bust (busted) be there in "09 Q/B Kit - wiring and FWF Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p 7712#207712 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message aviation-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Aviation-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/aviation-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/aviation-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.