By Iain Blair

I’ve always been into flying and gliding and do both whenever I get the chance. I even began lessons for my pilot’s licence a year ago – not cheap, though!!!  So I was particularly interested in the mysterious disappearance of billionaire and flying enthusiast Steve Fossett. I’ve hiked, backpacked and camped in the Sierras for years, and have heard so many stories of planes disappearing in the wilderness, with the wreckage only being found decades later, that I always felt he’d gone down there rather than in Nevada.

So when a hiker found Fossett’s FAA and glider licenses, among other belongings, near Mammoth Lakes, I wasn’t that surprised. But I was surprised at how fast the Discovery Channel moved to make a documentary about the events that will apparently air in the next month or two. Turns out, a camera team for Animal Planet just happened to be in the same area when the hiker made his discovery. So in this case, the Discovery Channel is definitely living up to its name.

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