The Adventure Life with Steve Casimiro: Steve Fossett Wreckage Found, But Not Fossett

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Fossett search teams see what looks like wreckage – AP

Sheriff: Wreckage Found Is Fossett’s Plane – CNN

Hiker Discovers Items Linked to Missing Adventurer – NY Times


Fossett’s FAA identification card, which was found Monday in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Text by West Coast Editor Steve Casimiro, photos courtesy of KSRW-TV Sierra Wave

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Two identification cards apparently belonging to missing aviator Steve Fossett have been found near Mammoth Lakes, California, by a local hiker, along with hundreds of dollars and a weathered black Nautica sweatshirt. Fossett has been missing since September 3, 2007, when he disappeared on a solo pleasure flight over the Sierra Nevada.

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