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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.

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I've been thinking the same thing since I first saw the plane. Maybe the FAA could require all planes to come with disco balls.

But yes, as vanaj says testing the ELT regularly would help tremendously.

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