Jay Honeck wrote:

After one of the largest domestic searches in American history came up
empty, what makes you think a bunch of us guys in spam cans can do better?


I've gotta agree with that one. Out here in the West, the way it usually
works is that if you're not found after an extensive search, you'll generally
sit undisturbed until someone (usually a hunter/prospector) runs across your
crash site by sheer coincidence. There are some wreck sites that are just
impossible to spot from the air, such as a vertical descent into a heavily
treed area. I've been to some wreck sites in the mountains that I couldn't
see from 20 yds. away on the ground, much less from an airplane flying
overhead.

It's a laudable goal, to be sure, but given the effort that has already
taken place, I'd say the odds of success would be slim to none.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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