| Blue21 |
| (Searcher) |
| 12/26/07 06:11 PM |
Re: InternetSAR.org: Search for Ron Boychuk
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Quote:Ken,Quote:
Good shot Ken, Now all we need is the right imagery.
I know - I Know,- You're working on it.
Yes we are working on it. All of our imagery is on the most probable flight path, but to the east of Salmon Arm. Ideally we will get some imagery to the west of Salmon Arm, but we have to remember that even the Salmon Arm info is rumint as supersquint would say. We can not and should not completely discount this imagery. As we should do, we will work on the best available imagery and best available information. If we get imagery to the west of the current imagery we may focus on it if the information we get from the Boychuk search team indicates that said imagery has a higher probability than our current imagery. At the same time, we will always revert back to lower probability imagery when we run out of the highest probability imagery.
It may be unlikely that he turned around, but it is not impossible. We simply don't know and we need to exhaust all possibilities in the order of probability.Quote:
God this is frustrating.
Hopefully that interview will stirr up some more interest and get someone to caugh up some info and imagery we can use.
Rome wasn't built in a day and we really are working in uncharted waters in many respects. The more we do this the better we will get at working with search teams and the more likely it will be that we get in on the decision process for choosing what areas imagery will be captured for.
Remember to find Ron Boychuk we must find where he is not.
I know that you are working on getting imagery and appreciate your aforementioned comments.
However, as an old aviator with 40 years of experience, my feeling is that if Boychuk’s last reported position was at Spense Bridge, then in all probability he continued flying west toward his destination. When a pilot reports a position like that with no other comments, it means that “I am at Spense Bridge proceeding on my original flight path and expect to complete my flight on time without incident.” If he was required to turn around due to weather or mechanical problem, there would be more evidence to that effect.
The image priority should be west of his last know position.