Flying-M Ranch

[2] The Ranch covers about 7,139 acres of land; it is located between the Wassuk Range and the Sweetwater Mountains, west of Hawthorne and about 75 mi (121 km) south of Reno, Nevada, United States.

[1] The ranch was named the Flying-M by its previous owner, Stanfield Murphy.

Because the surrounding desert offers good thermal soaring conditions, the airfield on the ranch was often used for gliding.

On September 3, 2007, aviator and adventurer Steve Fossett took off alone from the Flying-M Ranch in a Bellanca Super Decathlon, a single-engine two-seater airplane and never returned.

On September 29, 2008, a hiker found Fossett's identification cards in the Ansel Adams Wilderness near Mammoth Mountain, at a height of 10,100 feet (3,100 m).