Zarg,
Was not having a shot at AUSSAR or anybody involved in the industry.
I do not beleive that the accident I referred to was survivable. Inevertibly chaos is the initial situation we are faced with. Isaw AUSSAR gear up after the first day producing grid squares with lat long to aid searching for those lucky enough to have GPS. Fuel and food was provided for the seachers and everybody did the best they could! The AUSSAR guys even were concerned as to the fatigue of the pilots flying!
The point of my post was that it got me thinking about survival out in the remote desert, gotta work on three days at least was how I felt. Better to have to much stuff than not enough. As a result of this thread I actually opened one, mentioning the contents of my Survival kit, inviting comment.....
This is tiger country out here, I have been here for five years and seen many a pilot rely on aircraft ELT and a litre bottle of water!
