Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site uiucuxc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!paul From: paul@uiucuxc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: How to land in trees Message-ID: <10800006@uiucuxc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 20:02:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucuxc.10800006 Posted: Tue Nov 27 20:02:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 29-Nov-84 03:57:11 EST References: <33200001@ctvax.UUCP> Lines: 15 Nf-ID: #R:ctvax:33200001:uiucuxc:10800006:000:658 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 UUCP: {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!paul ARPA: paul%uiucuxc%uiuc.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa CSNET: paul%uiucuxc@uiuc US Mail: Univ of Illinois, CSO, 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801