So had a bit of fun looking for Steve Fossett tonight.
Did about 100 hits. But the images they have to work with aren't that great. They're quite dark. And if the plane nosedived in a heavily wooded area the chances of seeing it are incredibly low.
Try seeing anything in this:

The most interesting pic I saw was this:

There's 70-odd thousand "hits" left .. wonder if they'll find anything :)
Gary LaPointe
The Mechanical Turk is kinda interesting. I've heard of it before but never read up on it until I read your post.
Have you ever worked on any of the items to earn money?
Kazza the Blank One
heh nah.. they seemed to be so little value (mostly 1c and 5c) that it wasn't worth the effort. Might have a look at them one day tho. Still 55000 hits on Steve Fossett.. people must have lost interest :)