CAT has brought down BUFFS on the low level bombing run up the front range of the rockies
and it looks like it might be a factor in Fossett's plight. (he should have filed a flight plan)

Fossett may have faced tricky winds

quote:

MINDEN, Nev. - Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett vanished somewhere across a landscape of soaring peaks and sagebrush desert notorious for winds so powerful and tricky they can swirl an airplane like a leaf and even shear off a wing.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070906/ap_on_re_us/steve_f...mk7c4IqlBXVL7iVvzwcF

I hope he had a soft landing and is recovered...he's a great avaitor...

Blame it on 'weather' until otherwise

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear-air_turbulence