Ups, forgot some stuff.

The only thing I would add to this excellent write-up is that USAF survival
training is to stay with your downed aircraft unless you have a compelling
reason to leave. The aircraft is much easier to spot than a lone survivor.
Splice the antenna lead, if the radio is otherwise working.

Make use of your parachute. spread it out during the day, it's a good marker
signal. Wrap up in it at night. Use the riser lines as rope. splint a broken
leg with chute container and shroud lines, etc., etc. One could write a book on
the use of your parachute, other than for the traditional, *nylon descent*.

During daylight hours, make smoke from a small fire. During the summer, in the
California woods, you are likely to have a Forest Service spotter plane on you
in a heart beat. Don't start a forest fire, just a very small *smoke* producer.
What most of us accomplish whenever we try to light a camp fire------------Just
smoke, no flame.
JJ Sinclair