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09-11-2008, 01:34 AM

UPDATE
Disappearance of Adventurer Steve Fossett Baffles Experts

Image Courtesy of Mary Frances Howard

James Stephen Fossett
(April 22, 1944 – missing September 3, 2007, declared legally dead February 15, 2008)

He was an American aviator, sailor, and adventurer who became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon. He made his fortune in the financial services industry and was best known for many world records, including five nonstop circumnavigations of the Earth: as a long-distance solo balloonist, as a sailor, and as a solo flight fixed-wing aircraft pilot.

A fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and The Explorers Club, Fossett set 116 records in five different sports, 60 of which still stand.

Fossett was reported missing after the plane he was flying over the Nevada desert failed to return.[4] Despite more than one month of searches by the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) and others, Fossett could not be found, and the search by CAP was called off on October 2, 2007. However, privately-funded and directed search efforts continued.

On November 2, 2007, Peggy Fossett and Dick Rutan accepted the Spread Wings Award in Steve Fossett's behalf at the 2007 Spreading Wings Gala, Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, Denver, Colorado.

On November 26, 2007, Fossett's wife requested that Fossett be declared legally dead.[6] The petition was granted on February 15, 2008.

SOURCE

Rescuers to Resume Search for Plane Carrying Aviation Adventurer Steve Fossett

Plane Carrying Aviation Adventurer Steve Fossett Missing
Fox News - Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Rescue crews on Wednesday were to resume their search for the plane of aviation adventurer Steve Fossett, who disappeared after takeoff from a private airstrip in Nevada.

Fossett, 63, the first person to fly solo around the world in a hot-air balloon, last was seen on Monday in a single engine plane heading south of Smith Valley, Nev., Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Western-Pacific region of the Federal Aviation Administration, told FOXNews.com.

Fossett departed at 8:45 a.m. Monday from the Flying M Ranch in Yerington, Nev., but did not file a flight plan so it is unknown where he was going.

Photo Associated Press March 3, 2005: Steve Fossett and Sir Richard Branson, left to right, celebrate after Fossett landed the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer at Salina Municipal Airport in his solo flight around the world without refueling, Kansas.

Originally posted by johnlear at ATS Post ID 3485269

I didn't know Steve but I know the Flying M Ranch very well and flew out of there many times. I was Baron Hiltons personal pilot (Barron owns the Flying M) for about 3 years.

Here is a map that shows the Flying M Ranch (blue rectangle of left) in relation to the Navy Undersea Warfare Center in Hawthorne. The Flying M Ranch is 18 miles due west of NUWC on the East Walker River.

I do not believe that NUWC could have had anything to do with Steve's disappearance its just on the same map I am using to show where the Flying M Ranch is located.

This Ranch is very close the the Naval Underwater Warfare Center in Hawthorne Nevada (We will do another thread on that later)

More here
COSMIC MYSTERIES - STEVE FOSSETT DISAPPEARS

John is also familiar with the "Flying M Ranch" from his earlier days as private pilot for Barron Hilton... As a matter of fact John was there at the Ranch for those meetings about the Luna Hilton (Luna is the official name of the Base on Farside built by 1962 by the US Army (More on this later) Hence the name "Luna Hilton" and "Luna Corp" that we saw earlier

The biggest thing in following trails is to look for the...

CONNECTIONS

Hotels in Space

1967 AAS Conference Proceedings
American Astronautical Society, AAS 67-126

HOTELS IN SPACE (Based on Preprint AAS 67-126)
Barron Hilton (President, Hilton Hotels Corporation)

Relevant Excerpt... Barron Hilton talks about Don Douglas Jr.

"Perhaps we'd better learn to walk before we run, so let's begin with the Orbiter Hilton. My friend Don Douglas, Jr., has been telling me about his company's concept of a space laboratory which would be 14 stories high and could comfortably accommodate up to 24 people. Personnel would arrive in a six man ferry craft.

As developed and expanded why couldn't this be the first orbiter Hilton? Perhaps the two organizations - Hilton and Douglas - could get together on a deal. Mr. Douglas could provide the orbiter hotels and we would franchise the Hilton name and know how to set up a chain of Hilton Douglas orbiter hotels.

These might be like Hilton Inns for short trips in space. They could accommodate brief stop-overs on a continuing journey to the moon or other planets. I should advise you - and I guess I'd better tell Mr. Douglas too - that an Orbiter Hilton is already in existence. It's known as "Hilton Space Station Number Five" and you'll be seeing it next fall in a motion picture called "2001 - A Space Odyssey". So I guess it behooves Mr. Douglas and me to get busy with our orbiters before somebody beats us to it." - Barron Hilton 1967 - AAS 67-126

Many people have asked "How does John know so much... Well above you see the document dated 1967 where Barron Hilton talks about Don Douglas Jr. and their plans for the Lunar Hilton back in 1967..

Barron Hilton has encouraged the sport of gliding through the Barron Hilton Cup since 1981. Pilots who have completed the longest triangular flights are invited from around the world, with their guests, by Barron Hilton for a week long soaring camp at the Flying-M-Ranch in Nevada. The objective is for the best pilots to get to know each other and to fly with some of the other best soaring pilots. - Wikipedia

John sent me this letter today (Sun Sept. 16, 2007) as I was finishing this page..

Ron,
This was taken on April 9, 1966. I had flown Barron Hilton up
to see Donald Douglas, Jr.. I was flying number 100 Learjet
N 427 LJ.

John

John Lear at the Flying M Ranch 1966

http://www.thelivingmoon.com/47john_..._M_Ranch_A.png
John Lear at the Flying M Ranch 1966

Photo Associated Press
March 3, 2005: Steve Fossett and Sir Richard Branson, left to right,
celebrate after Fossett landed the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer at Salina
Municipal Airport in his solo flight around the world without refueling, Kansas.

Rescue crews on Wednesday were to resume their search for the plane of aviation adventurer Steve Fossett, who disappeared after takeoff from a private airstrip in Nevada.

Fossett, 63, the first person to fly solo around the world in a hot air balloon, last was seen on Monday in a single engine plane heading south of Smith Valley, Nev., Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Western Pacific region of the Federal Aviation Administration, told FOXNews.com.

Fossett departed at 8:45 a.m. Monday from the Flying M Ranch in Yerington, Nev., but did not file a flight plan so it is unknown where he was going. STORY FOX NEWS

09-11-2008, 01:34 AM	#10
zorgon Guest Posts: n/a	Re: ISS - International Space Supercenter Shopping Mall UPDATE Disappearance of Adventurer Steve Fossett Baffles Experts Image Courtesy of Mary Frances Howard James Stephen Fossett (April 22, 1944 – missing September 3, 2007, declared legally dead February 15, 2008) He was an American aviator, sailor, and adventurer who became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon. He made his fortune in the financial services industry and was best known for many world records, including five nonstop circumnavigations of the Earth: as a long-distance solo balloonist, as a sailor, and as a solo flight fixed-wing aircraft pilot. A fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and The Explorers Club, Fossett set 116 records in five different sports, 60 of which still stand. Fossett was reported missing after the plane he was flying over the Nevada desert failed to return.[4] Despite more than one month of searches by the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) and others, Fossett could not be found, and the search by CAP was called off on October 2, 2007. However, privately-funded and directed search efforts continued. On November 2, 2007, Peggy Fossett and Dick Rutan accepted the Spread Wings Award in Steve Fossett's behalf at the 2007 Spreading Wings Gala, Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, Denver, Colorado. On November 26, 2007, Fossett's wife requested that Fossett be declared legally dead.[6] The petition was granted on February 15, 2008. SOURCE Rescuers to Resume Search for Plane Carrying Aviation Adventurer Steve Fossett Plane Carrying Aviation Adventurer Steve Fossett Missing Fox News - Wednesday, September 05, 2007 Rescue crews on Wednesday were to resume their search for the plane of aviation adventurer Steve Fossett, who disappeared after takeoff from a private airstrip in Nevada. Fossett, 63, the first person to fly solo around the world in a hot-air balloon, last was seen on Monday in a single engine plane heading south of Smith Valley, Nev., Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Western-Pacific region of the Federal Aviation Administration, told FOXNews.com. Fossett departed at 8:45 a.m. Monday from the Flying M Ranch in Yerington, Nev., but did not file a flight plan so it is unknown where he was going. Photo Associated Press March 3, 2005: Steve Fossett and Sir Richard Branson, left to right, celebrate after Fossett landed the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer at Salina Municipal Airport in his solo flight around the world without refueling, Kansas. Originally posted by johnlear at ATS Post ID 3485269 I didn't know Steve but I know the Flying M Ranch very well and flew out of there many times. I was Baron Hiltons personal pilot (Barron owns the Flying M) for about 3 years. Here is a map that shows the Flying M Ranch (blue rectangle of left) in relation to the Navy Undersea Warfare Center in Hawthorne. The Flying M Ranch is 18 miles due west of NUWC on the East Walker River. I do not believe that NUWC could have had anything to do with Steve's disappearance its just on the same map I am using to show where the Flying M Ranch is located. This Ranch is very close the the Naval Underwater Warfare Center in Hawthorne Nevada (We will do another thread on that later) More here COSMIC MYSTERIES - STEVE FOSSETT DISAPPEARS John is also familiar with the "Flying M Ranch" from his earlier days as private pilot for Barron Hilton... As a matter of fact John was there at the Ranch for those meetings about the Luna Hilton (Luna is the official name of the Base on Farside built by 1962 by the US Army (More on this later) Hence the name "Luna Hilton" and "Luna Corp" that we saw earlier The biggest thing in following trails is to look for the... CONNECTIONS Hotels in Space 1967 AAS Conference Proceedings American Astronautical Society, AAS 67-126 HOTELS IN SPACE (Based on Preprint AAS 67-126) Barron Hilton (President, Hilton Hotels Corporation) Relevant Excerpt... Barron Hilton talks about Don Douglas Jr. "Perhaps we'd better learn to walk before we run, so let's begin with the Orbiter Hilton. My friend Don Douglas, Jr., has been telling me about his company's concept of a space laboratory which would be 14 stories high and could comfortably accommodate up to 24 people. Personnel would arrive in a six man ferry craft. As developed and expanded why couldn't this be the first orbiter Hilton? Perhaps the two organizations - Hilton and Douglas - could get together on a deal. Mr. Douglas could provide the orbiter hotels and we would franchise the Hilton name and know how to set up a chain of Hilton Douglas orbiter hotels. These might be like Hilton Inns for short trips in space. They could accommodate brief stop-overs on a continuing journey to the moon or other planets. I should advise you - and I guess I'd better tell Mr. Douglas too - that an Orbiter Hilton is already in existence. It's known as "Hilton Space Station Number Five" and you'll be seeing it next fall in a motion picture called "2001 - A Space Odyssey". So I guess it behooves Mr. Douglas and me to get busy with our orbiters before somebody beats us to it." - Barron Hilton 1967 - AAS 67-126 Many people have asked "How does John know so much... Well above you see the document dated 1967 where Barron Hilton talks about Don Douglas Jr. and their plans for the Lunar Hilton back in 1967.. Barron Hilton has encouraged the sport of gliding through the Barron Hilton Cup since 1981. Pilots who have completed the longest triangular flights are invited from around the world, with their guests, by Barron Hilton for a week long soaring camp at the Flying-M-Ranch in Nevada. The objective is for the best pilots to get to know each other and to fly with some of the other best soaring pilots. - Wikipedia John sent me this letter today (Sun Sept. 16, 2007) as I was finishing this page.. Ron, This was taken on April 9, 1966. I had flown Barron Hilton up to see Donald Douglas, Jr.. I was flying number 100 Learjet N 427 LJ. John John Lear at the Flying M Ranch 1966 http://www.thelivingmoon.com/47john_..._M_Ranch_A.png John Lear at the Flying M Ranch 1966 Photo Associated Press March 3, 2005: Steve Fossett and Sir Richard Branson, left to right, celebrate after Fossett landed the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer at Salina Municipal Airport in his solo flight around the world without refueling, Kansas. Rescue crews on Wednesday were to resume their search for the plane of aviation adventurer Steve Fossett, who disappeared after takeoff from a private airstrip in Nevada. Fossett, 63, the first person to fly solo around the world in a hot air balloon, last was seen on Monday in a single engine plane heading south of Smith Valley, Nev., Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Western Pacific region of the Federal Aviation Administration, told FOXNews.com. Fossett departed at 8:45 a.m. Monday from the Flying M Ranch in Yerington, Nev., but did not file a flight plan so it is unknown where he was going. STORY FOX NEWS