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Old April 8th 09, 04:48 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Hellman
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Default accident reports updated

On Apr 7, 10:36 am, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Are coordinates of the crash site available? I'd like to take a close
look at the upwind terrain, since I'm not familiar with the area.


I didn't have them, but Jim Herd kindly provided them:

Geoff Loyns Crash Site:
37°50'47.08"N 118°23'10.27"W

Steve Fossett Crash Site:
North – 37 degrees 40.061 minutes
West – 119 degrees 07.997 minutes

After getting them from Jim, I entered "Steve Fossett Crash Site" into
Google Maps search box and it showed the right location. I should have
tried that first. It's an area I've flown over (though not near ground
level!) often and I have a number of pictures of the site at

http://www-ee.stanford.edu/~hellman/...uth/index.html

The third picture (not including the SeeYou trace) includes the crash
site, which is about 1.5 miles east of Minaret Lake, with that lake
being near the left hand edge of the picture, slightly above center --
as noted in the caption just below the picture.

Geoff's crash site is not indexed by Google.

Martin