Following on from the debate on the missing person thread, here is some evidence of a successful outcome in this type of situation from the Robinson Helicopters newsletter. The pilot in question has directly saved the lives of missing people on 2 separate occasions, and I believe his actions are to be commended. As suggested, it might be more appropriate to start a new thread on this subject and leave the other one for relevant updates to that particular case. I hope it has a happy ending.
John Rachor again used his R44 to find a missing person in the Oregon wilderness.A Jacksonville, Oregon woman spent the night in the Applegate wilderness after she lost her way and injured her knee while hiking. Coreen Clark, 34, called 911 at 8:00 p.m. on Easter Sunday to report that she was lost somewhere on Mt. Baldy. An exhaustive all night ground search by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department failed to find Clark.
The following morning, Lt. Pat Rowland launched an aerial search, but it was volunteer. John Rachor, in his R44, who spotted Clark at about 8:45 am in an area known as Little Gray Back.
Rachor is the same pilot who found the Kim family in December of 2006. Rachor, at his own expense, used his R44 to find Mrs. Kim and her children alive in the wilderness of southwest Oregon after they had been missing for a week.
BC