Steve Fossett Friends pay tribute after remains found in plane wreckage

telegraph.co.uk

Oct. 3, 2008

Friends of missing adventurer Steve Fossett have paid tribute to his "adventurer's spirit"after authorities confirmed they had found human remains in his wrecked plane.

Experts say they have Fossett's remains

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- California authorities say they've now found significant skeletal remains near the crash site of millionaire aviator and adventurer Steve Fossett.

Bones found near Fossett crash site

MADERA, Calif., Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Investigators making a final search of the area in the California Sierras where adventurer Steve Fossett crashed found bones, officials said Thursday.

Snowstorm halts Fossett recovery efforts

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- California authorities say it could be next year before recovery efforts can resume at the site where adventurer Steve Fossett's plane crashed.

Fossett wreckage collected from mountain

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Investigators have finished removing the wreckage of adventurer Steve Fossett's plane from California's remote Sierra Nevada mountains, officials said.

Fossett's wife thanks hiker finding items

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The hiker who found items of adventurer Steve Fossett has been thanked by the wife of the daredevil who has been missing since last September.

Human remains found with Fossett plane

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Human remains have been found in the wreckage of Steve Fossett's small plane high in the Sierra Nevada in California, a federal official said Thursday.

Hiker who found Fossett items thanked

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Millionaire Richard Branson used a morning talk show to thank Preston Morrow, who found items of missing adventurer Steve Fossett in the California mountains.

Fossett ID papers found in Sierras

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Identification documents thought to be those of missing U.S. adventurer Steve Fossett have been found by a California hiker, officials said Wednesday.

New searches launched for Steve Fossett

LAS VEGAS, July 15 (UPI) -- Two volunteer teams say they will search the California-Nevada border area for any signs of adventurer Steve Fossett, missing with his plane since September.

Nevada to bill widow for Fossett search

CARSON CITY, Nev., May 1 (UPI) -- Nevada will be sending a bill to the widow of adventurer Steve Fossett for the cost of the unsuccessful search for his missing plane.

Flier and balloonist Fossett declared dead

CHICAGO, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Steve Fossett, the commodities trader turned record-breaking aviator, was declared legally dead Friday, five months after he vanished while flying in Nevada.

Wife asks to declare Steve Fossett dead

CHICAGO, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The wife of Steve Fossett, a millionaire adventurer who disappeared in September flying over Nevada, has asked a Chicago court to declare him legally dead.

Fossett search uncovers old crash sites

RENO, Nev., Sept. 16 (UPI) -- The extensive search for famed adventurer Steve Fossett in Nevada has proven fruitless, except for the discovery of several unrelated and aged crash sites.

Fossett searchers check Calif., Nev. sites

MINDEN, Nev., Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Rescuers investigated three new possible crash sites as the search for missing U.S. aviator Steve Fossett entered its 11th day.

Search persists for Fossett

YERINGTON, Nev., Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Searchers Thursday were following leads from people who may have seen missing aviator Steve Fossett’s plane near the California-Nevada border.