John, take it from an old Army aviator, 15 years, 3000 hours, that when you are out in the 'boonies' you don't have any land lines to call the FAA. Now if you can establish radio commo with the FAA you can file.
Darrell W. Sigmon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Freer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 4:25 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Steve Fossett >I am a non aviator, but I don't understand why any pilot would not file a > flight plan with someone. > > On 9/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> AVweb Breaking News Alert >> September 4, 2007 1:12PM >> >> AVIATION RECORD HOLDER STEVE FOSSETT MISSING >> Searchers are combing an area of western Nevada looking for adventurer >> Steve >> Fossett, who was reported missing in his Citabria Super Decathlon early >> this >> morning. The Nevada Record-Courier is reporting that Fossett left the >> Hilton >> Ranch in the Smith Valley in the aircraft Monday evening. It's not known >> where >> he was heading. >> Nevada Civil Air Patrol spokeswoman Maj. Cynthia Ryan said three crews >> were >> launched early today and more will be dispatched through the day. A check >> of >> neighboring airports apparently came up empty. The aircraft Fossett was >> seen >> taking off in is blue and white and the terrain in the area of the Hilton >> ranch >> is rugged and sparsely populated. Fossett is best known for his >> around-the-world flight in a balloon and another unrefueled flight in a >> single-engine jet >> aircraft. He was in Nevada recently preparing for a land-speed record >> attempt in >> a jet-powered car on the Bonneville Flats but it's not known why he was >> at >> the Hilton Ranch. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ************************************** >> Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at >> http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
