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| Ogle,Charles August 12, 1964; Oakland, California/ Reno, NV | |
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| monkalup | Sep 13 2007, 09:40 PM Post #1 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/13/fossett/index.html CNN) -- The hunt for missing aviator Steve Fossett in the rugged terrain of western Nevada could solve some much older mysteries. William Ogle, with his father, Charles, in a photo from the 1960s, says he hopes for answers to his dad's fate. 1 of 3 Searchers have turned up half a dozen previously undiscovered plane crash sites, and they believe there may be as many as 200 such sites around the Sierra Nevada range, where soaring mountain peaks, deep ravines, sagebrush and trees provide natural camouflage for downed planes. William Ogle said he hopes one of those planes may turn out to be the aircraft his father was flying when he disappeared. In 1964, his father, Charles Ogle, a businessman and ex-military pilot, flew a single engine plane out of Oakland, California, headed for Reno, Nevada. The wife he was divorcing, two daughters and William, then 4, never saw him again. "There's a wreck that [searchers] think is from the '60s. So we're hoping that that's the one," William Ogle told CNN affiliate WCJB in Gainesville, Florida. "Having the doubt put to rest is important, and knowing that he didn't run off and that it was an accident and that he would have been there." Watch why the hunt for Fossett could bring answers for the Ogle family » Maj. Cynthia Ryan of the Civil Air Patrol said investigating the old wrecks will have to wait until the search for Fossett is done. Then, she said, "we can pull resources and go into some of these rather treacherous areas and really comb through that wreckage, find some serial numbers, run it through manufacturers and find out who the buyer was." William Ogle said search crews did look for his father for about 60 days in 1964. The crews looking for Fossett said there is specific information about Ogle's plane that makes them believe this crash site could possibly be a match, but they really won't have an answer until they investigate further. As the search for Fossett began its 10th full day, investigators focused on new leads from people who remembered seeing or hearing something unusual on Labor Day, the day the record-setting aviator vanished. See a map of the search area » Searchers followed up on a tip received Wednesday from a woman who had been staying in a remote cabin just over the state line in California, at Sonora Pass north of Yosemite National Park. "She was in her cabin, and heard a plane fly over ... and then she heard a loud explosion or a loud crash noise and saw a little bit of smoke," said Maj. Ed Locke of the Nevada National Guard. Investigators from the Alpine County, California, Sheriff's Office met with the woman on Thursday, Locke said, to pin down where she heard the sounds, and then began a ground search. It's expected to take four to five days to finish searching the rugged pass area. Back in Nevada, searchers on the ground combed an area where two witnesses had reported seeing a plane fly into a canyon and not come out. Locke told reporters Thursday morning that the search was 80 percent complete and so far had turned up no sign of Fossett or his plane. The Civil Air Patrol suspended its air searches Thursday because of high winds. They were scheduled to resume Friday. Air searches continued from Flying M Ranch, where Fossett took off on September 3. Fossett's wife, Peggy, issued a statement Thursday in response to questions about whether her husband was wearing a watch with an emergency transmitter on his flight. She said he owned such a watch but did not bring it on the trip. Fossett was reported missing on the evening of Labor Day after his single-engine Bellanca Super Decathlon failed to return to the ranch, which hotel magnate Barron Hilton owns. Since then, hundreds of rescuers and dozens of aircraft have taken part in the air and ground search effort, which encompasses the rugged high desert in western Nevada and eastern California. Tips were pouring in from people wanting to help, officials said. "A lot of folks are recollecting things they may have seen or heard throughout the week," said Trooper Chuck Allen of the Nevada Department of Public Safety. "We're continuing to field calls from folks locally that have seen or heard something within the last week or so, specifically on Monday [September 3]." Many more leads came from people using the Internet to scan recent satellite images of the search area. "There are calls coming in from all over the world," said Capt. Bill Schroeder of the Civil Air Patrol's Nevada Wing. "We have people who are looking at Google Earth. And they're looking at it, interpreting it and then giving us a call. We've got people that are really interested in helping us with this, and we're not discouraging that." Fossett's Web site provides links to an Amazon Mechanical Turk/Google Earth Web-based image analysis project that offers new satellite images and organizes online searchers' efforts. Fossett, 63, was the first man to fly around the world in a balloon alone and the first solo pilot to circle the globe without refueling. He holds 14 world records in airplane flight, two for ballooning, six in gliders and one in an airship. In addition, he holds 11 records for sailing and one for cross-country skiing. He also has set other records that have since been broken. E-mail to a friend CNN's Kara Finnstrom contributed to this report. |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Sep 13 2007, 09:43 PM Post #2 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| mimi | Sep 20 2012, 06:26 PM Post #3 |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Clifford_Ogle |
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