authorities in california found the wreckage of a plane that was piloted by this millionaire

• Fossett Teams Find Possible Wreckage: ; Hiker Discovered Ids, Money in Eastern Calif.

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. - After an aerial search turned up what appears to be wreckage of plane, ground crews are trying to determine whether it was the one piloted by adventurer Steve Fossett when he vanished more than a year ago. Searchers had been combing a rugged part of eastern California on Wednesday after a hiker found identification documents belonging to Fossett earlier in the week. A pilot reported seeing possible wreckage around sunset, said Erica Stuart, spokeswoman for the Madera County Sheriff's Office.

...Authorities warned that a snowstorm forecast for the eastern S...The discovery of the millionaire adventurer's IDs gave his widow renewed hope. "I aam hopeful that this search will locate the crash site and my husband's...

• Charleston Daily Mail
• October 02, 2008