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- chikoos, on 02/17/2008, -0/+41"I would like to be the best in everything, but that's not possible. I risk humiliation because I have a genuine interest in participating."
Steve Fossett - ipek, on 02/17/2008, -0/+23If he really is gone, at least he died doing what the loved and I don't know how many of us have that luck. RIP
- telek0n, on 02/17/2008, -0/+15I can't help but imagine that he's on an island somewhere, enjoying a pina colada and laughing.
- inactive, on 02/17/2008, -1/+13Steve Fossett is an icon... I am part of the hot air ballooning community - I am so sorry to hear he is not in some remote villiage deep in the jungle learning a new language. He pushed the envelope so the rest of us could dream of the possiblities.
- a1532b, on 02/17/2008, -0/+11He crashed on the LOST island. He's not exactly sitting back laughing, you see, because every 108 minutes he has to press a button!
- Dugahol, on 02/17/2008, -1/+9I heard he was going to be in the next episode of Lost....
- zymase13, on 02/17/2008, -0/+6doubtless his heirs want to start living off their inheritance.
- mal1964, on 02/17/2008, -0/+6I agree, My dad died fishing in Saskatchewan Canada. Exactly where he was suppose to.
- Dumbledorito, on 02/17/2008, -0/+6What's kind of sad/weird is that the search for Fossett resulted in 8 other missing planes being found: http://www.sfgate.com/flat/archive/2007/09/10/chro ...
- dh122, on 02/17/2008, -2/+7Really, really lame. This is not the place for a rick roll.
- BingoPower, on 02/17/2008, -0/+4There should be more people like Steve Fossett in the world. Here is a guy who made his money and then used it to push as many boundaries as he could, both human and otherwise. A great many "well known icons" get alot of publicity when they die, some more deserving than others. For me personally, his death is as tragic as Douglas Adams, John Lennon or any other great contributors.
Heath Ledger fans may not apply. - dano333333, on 02/17/2008, -0/+4I thought it took 7 years before a missing person could be declared dead.
- rdot, on 02/17/2008, -1/+4marked "greatly exaggerated".
- jamesjimmy, on 02/17/2008, -0/+3Wow that sucks. He was an Icon for sure...
- globaldigger, on 02/17/2008, -1/+4he has lived his life for sure....great man
- jetblackz4, on 02/17/2008, -1/+4 I really hope hey find him so the family can have some closure.
Plus I am so curious what he hell happened. - inactive, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2Cue the alien abduction wackos.
- Dumbledorito, on 02/17/2008, -0/+2What happens if he turns up alive? A movie starring Tom Hanks, most likely.
- gregm11, on 02/17/2008, -3/+5Too bad he didn't put his money to something useful or beneficial. Instead he squandered it on balloon rides.
- offspring06, on 02/17/2008, -0/+2Thats what I was thinking.
- bnitro, on 02/17/2008, -0/+2Hopefully he used some of his money for charities, and people less fortunate than him.
- offspring06, on 02/17/2008, -0/+2I admire Steve Fossett for doing what he loved to do. May he rest in peace.
- RawOysters, on 02/17/2008, -0/+2Right next to DB Cooper.
- ElectricGrandpa, on 02/17/2008, -0/+2From the article:
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While flight records brought him his greatest fame, Fossett, who was paunchy for most of his life, also climbed some of the world's best-known peaks, including the Matterhorn in Switzerland and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. (Everest did elude him.) With top notch endurance and concentration, he swam the English Channel and completed the Boston Marathon, the Ironman Triathlon, the Iditarod dog sled race, and, as part of a team, the 24 Hours of Le Mans car race.
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Wow. - milliamp, on 02/17/2008, -0/+2I grew up "less fortunate" and all the people I knew lied and manipulated the system for handouts. It turns my stomach to know that there are so many programs for people like that to leech off society and I'd rather see money burned than given to most of the "less fortunate" people I have met in life.
Sometimes the best thing you can do to help people is to step away and let them learn to fend for themselves. - dylangaine, on 02/17/2008, -0/+2"I risk humiliation because I have a genuine interest in participating" - Steve Fossett
RIP you wildcat - joebleaux, on 02/17/2008, -0/+2That's what I learned from an episode of Superman years ago. That is, unless Superman convinces the whole world to set their clocks back an hour earlier, and you come out of your concrete block one hour too early.
- thallium205, on 02/17/2008, -1/+3Who are you to criticize what somebody else does with their money?
- benvd, on 02/17/2008, -2/+4so... since hes such a great man.... why isn't there any mention of him "giving" or donating any money to ANYTHING???? i mean sure hes a cool guy cause he used his money on himself... but as a human being, how can we look upon him with respect if he didn't do anything to help the human race as a whole????? Steve Fossett... may you rest in peace... cause im gonna forget about u in 5 minutes
- socomoddjob, on 02/17/2008, -0/+1Why cant they find him?
- psion01, on 02/17/2008, -0/+1So what happens if he turns up alive? Will he still be dead? And if I were to, speaking hypothetically, shoot him in the head after he did turn up, would it really be murder to kill a dead man?
- Betrayer, on 02/17/2008, -0/+1"The plane could be anywhere in Arizona" or NOT.
i wont accept his death until his body is found. hes still missing...but.. HE MAY WANT TO BE MISSING. - ghostrc, on 02/17/2008, -0/+1He didn't file a Flight plan before he took off. The plane could be anywhere in Arizona. Im sure eventually someone will find the crash site.
- cococooky, on 02/17/2008, -0/+1It NEVER is.
- benvd, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1lol, my point was why should we admire him... he did nothing to help us or humanity, but he had the means...
- ghostrc, on 02/17/2008, -0/+1"i wont accept his death until his body is found" what about Roberto Clemente
- zymase13, on 02/17/2008, -0/+1Agreed, I can't imagine never knowing what happened to someone close to me.
- replaysMike, on 02/17/2008, -0/+1We need more people like him on the planet.. I hope his money goes to worthy causes.
- Wakuko, on 02/17/2008, -0/+1From Nevada to Mexico, and from Mexico to Galapagos then to Tonga.
He just wanted to avoid taxes and got sick of urban life. - inactive, on 02/17/2008, -0/+1Putting David Blaine and Steve-O in the same company as any of the others you mentioned makes you look terrible.
- duggreen, on 02/17/2008, -0/+1Hard to subscribe to the coincidence theory on this one. I mean, they found eight other crashes, no? Seems like he most likely orchestrated his own vanishing act. Maybe they paid him to fake it so they could have an excuse to look for that lost nuke...?
- nolesfan247, on 02/17/2008, -0/+1I believe that Fossett really understood how to live his life to the fullest...he obtained the money to carry out his dreams, and can be viewed as an inspiration to all.
- duggreen, on 02/17/2008, -0/+1dugg for extremely clever literary reference...'marked'? hohoho
- davecor, on 02/17/2008, -0/+1I hope 20 years from now we learn he snuck away to an island in Fiji. After the flashy lifestyle it would be nice to snooze in a hammock all day and chase pretty girls.
- anteyekon4myst, on 02/17/2008, -0/+1darwinism.
- wastelander, on 02/17/2008, -0/+0My own empty speculation: Since there is no evidence of him sending out a distress signal or indicating an emergency on the radio it seems likely that whatever happened to him was rather sudden. While there are several possibilities, one is that he was suddenly rendered unconscious or died from an unknown medical condition and the plane continued to fly on its own (such as with the Payne Stewart episode). Of course this depends on whether his aircraft was equipped with autopilot, and if not, how long such an aircraft would be expected to fly in the absence of pilot input. The media has reported that his Bellanca Super Decathlon had a range has 400 miles but other sources (such as http://www.princetonairport.com/champ.htm ) suggest a range of well over 500 mile; at any rate unlikely to have been included in any prior search attempts (assuming he didn’t end up over the ocean). It would be interesting to examine his last “suspected” radar position and follow it out to the aircraft’s maximum range.
- Atmandk, on 02/17/2008, -1/+1Libertarian ayn rand ego
- loudnobnoxious, on 02/17/2008, -1/+1He paid more in taxes every year than you'll earn in your entire lifetime. He's done his share.
- JedicodeWarrior, on 02/17/2008, -1/+1Duh, you think?
- poidh, on 02/17/2008, -1/+1What a shame. We need more like him.
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