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Hall of Famer
- Location
- Bremen - Germany
- Name
- Rolf
Steve Fossett was a glider pilot besides holding some other licences.Happy to see someone else doing it, but it's definitely not for me ...
There's a name in my head when I see pictures of aircraft and mountains together, and that name is Steve Fossett.
-R
He most likely fell victim to mountain wave when he hit the downside of it and his aircraft became uncontrollable.
Glider pilots use this kind of non thermal soaring to gain extreme heights.
There is another glider pilot who did much better and saved 150 lives. It is Chesley B. Sullenberger who was experienced enough to make a water landing with the unpowered Airbus 320