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Old 15th April 2007, 11:15 PM   #1 (permalink)
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"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" <The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com> wrote in message
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> Yea, my brother and I were following a guy (and his kid) when his engine
> quit and he went down. We hung around on our own since the they that went
> down was in the middle of a swamp near the Canada / Alaska border and we
> wanted to make sure they were found. We figgured it would be easier to
> find him if there was someone overhead to direct (this was before all this
> GPS stuff).
>
> ATC didn't ask us to stay. And we sure didn't get paid. But rules might be
> different between the US and NZ.


I'm in Australia. Mate, seeing an a/c go down in a swamp! You'd want to try
and land somewhere close by and try and help them wouldn't you? Obviously
too much risk for your own plane, but jeez, you'd feel helpless wouldn't
you?
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