Comments on: Steve Fossett may have faked death according to Lloyds of London http://dangerdata.com/2008/07/29/steve-fossett-may-have-faked-death-according-to-lloyds-of-london/ Help find missing people Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:19:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Roxie Buckley http://dangerdata.com/2008/07/29/steve-fossett-may-have-faked-death-according-to-lloyds-of-london/#comment-2084 Roxie Buckley Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:40:35 +0000 http://dangerdata.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-2084 teremwz90j5bkbdu teremwz90j5bkbdu

]]> By: JoeDuck http://dangerdata.com/2008/07/29/steve-fossett-may-have-faked-death-according-to-lloyds-of-london/#comment-2054 JoeDuck Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:53:58 +0000 http://dangerdata.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-2054 Thanks Paul - bumping this to a new post... http://dangerdata.com/2008/10/01/steve-fossett-id-and-money-found-by-california-hiker/ At the risk of sounding too conspiracy theoretical I think this does not put the case to rest that he did not fake his own death. It is true that the case for death is stronger now, but if you were faking you'd want to leave some evidence you were near death before you disappeared. Where in the world is his plane? I'm really thinking hoax here... Thanks Paul – bumping this to a new post…
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At the risk of sounding too conspiracy theoretical I think this does not put the case to rest that he did not fake his own death. It is true that the case for death is stronger now, but if you were faking you’d want to leave some evidence you were near death before you disappeared. Where in the world is his plane? I’m really thinking hoax here…

]]> By: Paul http://dangerdata.com/2008/07/29/steve-fossett-may-have-faked-death-according-to-lloyds-of-london/#comment-2053 Paul Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:36:13 +0000 http://dangerdata.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-2053 Breaking news - looks like a hiker found some of Fossett's belonging in the woods near Mammoth, CA. So much for faking his death if this is true. Breaking news – looks like a hiker found some of Fossett’s belonging in the woods near Mammoth, CA.

So much for faking his death if this is true.

]]> By: FoolsGold http://dangerdata.com/2008/07/29/steve-fossett-may-have-faked-death-according-to-lloyds-of-london/#comment-2049 FoolsGold Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:49:10 +0000 http://dangerdata.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-2049 Many witness reports in plane crash investigations are worthless but often they are valuable particularly so if the observer has sufficient aeronautical knowledge. In the SF search we really have very few witnesses. The ranchhand who is considered the last known viewer of the aircraft was busy making a cell phone call to his girlfriend and was only marginally aware of the airplane having passed over head. At the conclusion of the phone call he spotted a pinpoint image of an airplane and assumed it was the same plane. If his assumption is correct the search area should be near Mt. Grant. If not Mud Flats would be a better area. Some worry about powerlines due to the last known altitude but it would seem such prime candidates would have been searched by now. SF had a scheduled meeting with Baron Hilton and we can assume a certain minimum time for "putting the plane to bed". This gives a certain flying time and therefore range if we believe he would stick strictly to the schedule. Many witness reports in plane crash investigations are worthless but often they are valuable particularly so if the observer has sufficient aeronautical knowledge. In the SF search we really have very few witnesses. The ranchhand who is considered the last known viewer of the aircraft was busy making a cell phone call to his girlfriend and was only marginally aware of the airplane having passed over head. At the conclusion of the phone call he spotted a pinpoint image of an airplane and assumed it was the same plane. If his assumption is correct the search area should be near Mt. Grant. If not Mud Flats would be a better area. Some worry about powerlines due to the last known altitude but it would seem such prime candidates would have been searched by now. SF had a scheduled meeting with Baron Hilton and we can assume a certain minimum time for “putting the plane to bed”. This gives a certain flying time and therefore range if we believe he would stick strictly to the schedule.

]]> By: FoolsGold http://dangerdata.com/2008/07/29/steve-fossett-may-have-faked-death-according-to-lloyds-of-london/#comment-2048 FoolsGold Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:54:21 +0000 http://dangerdata.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-2048 Why would SF want to disappear? How would anyone with his ego be able to "lie low somewhere"? Why would SF want to disappear?
How would anyone with his ego be able to “lie low somewhere”?

]]> By: JoeDuck http://dangerdata.com/2008/07/29/steve-fossett-may-have-faked-death-according-to-lloyds-of-london/#comment-2047 JoeDuck Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:26:01 +0000 http://dangerdata.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-2047 FG I just don't know, but I have a sneaking suspicion that Fossett will turn up alive in a few years and we will learn that his pal Richard Branson helped him with this - probably indirectly enough that he can maintain plausible deniability. Has Branson insisted in any interviews that Fossett is dead or has he been vague about things? FG I just don’t know, but I have a sneaking suspicion that Fossett will turn up alive in a few years and we will learn that his pal Richard Branson helped him with this – probably indirectly enough that he can maintain plausible deniability.

Has Branson insisted in any interviews that Fossett is dead or has he been vague about things?

]]> By: JoeDuck http://dangerdata.com/2008/07/29/steve-fossett-may-have-faked-death-according-to-lloyds-of-london/#comment-2046 JoeDuck Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:23:15 +0000 http://dangerdata.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-2046 New Search for Fossett begins: http://news.aol.com/story/_a/new-search-starts-for-missing-adventurer/n20080831140209990003?ecid=RSS0001 New Search for Fossett begins: http://news.aol.com/story/_a/new-search-starts-for-missing-adventurer/n20080831140209990003?ecid=RSS0001

]]> By: FoolsGold http://dangerdata.com/2008/07/29/steve-fossett-may-have-faked-death-according-to-lloyds-of-london/#comment-2045 FoolsGold Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:40:24 +0000 http://dangerdata.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-2045 The real problem is the vast size of the area and the ruggedness of the terrain. It is unknown if Steve Fossett decided to enjoy a flight longer than would be anticipated if he intended to return in time for the lunch appointment with Baron Hilton. The ranch employee who observed the plane may be mistaken as to the day he made that observation. If Steve Fossett was on a pleasure flight and felt an emotional attraction to areas he had climbed previously he might have flown initially to Mt. Grant near Hawthorne but also further south. The real problem is the vast size of the area and the ruggedness of the terrain.
It is unknown if Steve Fossett decided to enjoy a flight longer than would be anticipated if he intended to return in time for the lunch appointment with Baron Hilton. The ranch employee who observed the plane may be mistaken as to the day he made that observation. If Steve Fossett was on a pleasure flight and felt an emotional attraction to areas he had climbed previously he might have flown initially to Mt. Grant near Hawthorne but also further south.

]]> By: FoolsGold http://dangerdata.com/2008/07/29/steve-fossett-may-have-faked-death-according-to-lloyds-of-london/#comment-2044 FoolsGold Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:36:39 +0000 http://dangerdata.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-2044 One very experienced searcher commented that he has been within fifty feet of a crash scene and not spotted it. In rugged terrain and dense forrests visual penetration is often slight. One very experienced searcher commented that he has been within fifty feet of a crash scene and not spotted it. In rugged terrain and dense forrests visual penetration is often slight.

]]> By: FoolsGold http://dangerdata.com/2008/07/29/steve-fossett-may-have-faked-death-according-to-lloyds-of-london/#comment-2043 FoolsGold Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:17:35 +0000 http://dangerdata.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-2043 Its not unusual at all particularly considering the terrain and the search probably being in the wrong area. The insurance company gets to keep the interest even if they have to eventually pay out on the policies. Its not unusual at all particularly considering the terrain and the search probably being in the wrong area.

The insurance company gets to keep the interest even if they have to eventually pay out on the policies.

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