Google Earth Community: InternetSAR.org: Search for Ron Boychuk

Blue21, You're a pilot, and so am I. You and I both know about these flight plans, and the reasons for them. We have several other people on these search efforts who are also pilots. But we also have many people here who are not pilots. Infact we have people participating here that probably have never been in a small private aircraft at all. They each have their own reason for participating, and we welcome each and every one of them.
As licensed pilots and owners and operators of private aircraft, you and I understand the significance and importance of these VFR/IFR rules and the implications and reasons why we follow those regulations. That gives us the advantage over others who are just being introduced to this world of aviation. Because of that advantage it then falls upon us in these Search and Rescue/Recovery operations to try and impart some of that knowledge along to others.

Our experience, training, and knowledge can quickly lead us into frustrations when we find ourselves looking at imagery that our experience tells us is probably useless. We know there has to be more accurate data including information from air traffic control. Mass media reports are inaccurate and misleading. In order for this Internet tool to gain credibility we will have to show the world that we can organize and conduct a systematic search effort, whether that effort produces possitive results or not.
You have to remember that this InternetSAR effort is still less than 2 month old. We are still trying to gain recognition and acceptance in the SAR communities. Until that time we are forced to review the images that are presented to us, good,. bad. or ugly. And in that process people like you and the others who are trained pilots and professionals must hang in here to help train others so that this type of cooperative effort does not get lost in the frustrations and lack of possitive results.
My goal for being here is the hopes that if I ever become one of those missing pilots that perhaps one of the people that I tried to help here might still take the time to look for me.
I sense your frustration my friend, and it may be a tough reality, but in the long run what we are building here goes beyond the search for both Ron Boychuk and Steve Fossett.
The World Wide Web, (The Internet) provides by far the largest community of people with the same interests that could ever be organized for any reason. It's time we put it to use for things other than email, spam, weather reports, and pornography.
Ken Barbalace may be capabile of developing the software programs, but, as good as he is he still can not build this thing without people like you and the professional Imagery anaylists we have to help get people trained in what to look for, why and where.

And that goes for the rest of you out there as well.