| vanaj |
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| 12/29/07 08:06 PM |
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Re: InternetSAR.org: Search for Ron Boychuk
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Boychuk’s airplane couldn’t have a more camouflaged paint job, especially for autumn, unless, maybe, if it was painted forest green and black. This is going to be really difficult to see. If I had an airplane, I’d have it painted day-glo/neon colors with sparkles and glitter and flashing strobe lights, ok, maybe not the strobe lights, but maybe the pilots here on the forum can explain why airplanes aren’t routinely painted to be more distinguishable from the terrain.
Forget the fancy paint job...just test the ELT after each flight like the Fed's suggest...and change the battery and have the newest and best one avail..after all this is NOT the place to go cheap...A while back there was an operator out of Calif that had the top of their horizontal stabilizer (elevator) painted Da-Glo orange
If you are a non Instrument rated Private Pilot and you are flying over that flat lands in your 32 year old Cessna 150 that you have owned for 4 years 2 months you should have a 406mhz ELT with fresh batteries...and TEST the darn thing...go cheap on something else...
A good survival kit is needed...especially in the north country..flashlight, signal mirror, flares, portable radio...and a portable strobe light like the ones used on life vest...and if you are flying in AK..then a 44Mag in you kit is needed...can't have that in Canada..
If you are an Instrumented rated Pilot then file IFR and fly IFR...you will almost always be in radar contact through out the country and talking to Air Traffic Control...for the non pilots..IFR means "Instrument Flight Rules"...and not "I Follow Roads" as suggested earlier by a non-Instrument Rated Pilot...