On Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 7:06:26 PM UTC-4, Mike the Strike wrote:
The aircraft was found very close to locations indicated by SPOT and FLARM, even though there was only one SPOT fix in the general area. The wreckage was difficult to find because it consists of very small pieces and is on a slope. The initial search also only started in late afternoon a few hours before sunset. We do not know if more location data would have helped.
Mike
I'm interested in the comment about FLARM; did the search use the procedure described in "FLARMŽ as an additional tool when searching a missing aircraft" on the flarm.com website? If yes, I'm curious how close their last known position (LKP) was to the crash site. If no, I wonder if the .igc files of those flying could be sent as described, and the LKP determined.
There used to be a direct link on flarm.com to the document, now it's buried a bit (found it at
http://flarm.com/french-gliding-fede...tegy-on-flarm/ ).
There is a lot of data in the flarm messages that might locate a downed friend more quickly, if used...