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From: paul@uiucuxc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: How to land in trees
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Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 20:02:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 27 20:02:00 1984
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Nf-From: uiucuxc!paul    Nov 27 19:02:00 1984

An important point to remember, should a forced landing in a forest be 
necessary, is to somehow mark the crash site to be visible to search
and rescue teams.  Tree cover in an area like the Pacific Northwest
is dense enough to swallow an airplane w.o. a trace unless the search
plane flies directly over the crash site.  Hikers turn up lost aircraft
in the region about once every three years.  Crash injuries are likely
to be fatal if the ELT fails.

	 Paul Pomes

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