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Archive Home > 2008 > October > 05 > Fossett’s plane found, but a mystery looms

Fossett’s plane found, but a mystery looms

How did a master aviator crash in an area he knew so thoroughly?

By Evelyn Nieves and Scott Sonner / The Bulletin
October 5, 2008

RENO, Nev. — The sky was clear that morning, the wind light. Steve Fossett took off alone from hotel magnate Barron Hilton’s ranch about 70 miles southeast of Reno in a blue and white stunt plane with orange stripes and blue sunbursts on the wings.

It was supposed to be a....

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