And Hello to you too Aussie Bob,
The last 'fatal' I was involved with as an FSO, was also a STOL aircraft, equipped with ELT etc......IT was a Chopper. Bell 47 type design.
However, Murphy's Law, said that 'today is the day I am going to Challenge you!'
And when the guy crashed onto a ridge half-way down a gorge, the impact flattened his seat, under which his ELT was located and squashed the antenna so that it transmitted ONLY HORIZONTALLY....which was fortunate...LATER! The following day when another chopper was transitting said gorge at low level....
As I remember, one died, and one with a spinal injury CRAWLED ALL NIGHT thru the Kimberley landscape to his Camp to get help!!
Just think about your claim...IF F.S. Had have had his Flight Plan.....
There is a whole lot more to this story, but, in my opinion, this is all you need to know for now...
WE have ALL flown NO SAR at times...except for the 'SAR with MUM', that is....
You may have indeed, been 'fortunate'...and avoided Fate.
In my "Old Age", I figure I got here do doing lotsa 'things' right, as have many others on these forums.
I admire your courage. (?)
