Sadly so. He wasn't required to file a flight plan since he was going to be using visual. However, one should know the territory and the trecherous winds they bring in that part of Nevada. The winds in the desert here can be unbelieveably nasty. From what I've read, in the attempt to locate Mr. Fossett, they've found crashes that might date back to the 1960's and that nobody has found until then. A flight plan in this case could make all of the difference.
Jeff WB3JFS
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nate Duehr" nate@natetech.com To: "AMSAT-BB BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 2:46 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ISS a Satellite or an airplane?
On Sep 15, 2007, at 2:44 AM, Jeff Yanko wrote:
My argument would be if it is tracked by using keps it's a satellite, if it has a flight plan then it's a plane. :)
Plenty of planes out there flying right now without flight plans. Re: (sadly) Steve Fossett.
-- Nate Duehr, WY0X nate@natetech.com
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