Kharon: along with the crash comics, airports often had experienced VFR pilots lying around on coffee tables too. The types that did 900 hours a year VFR and most of that on charter. They knew all the routes and valleys to take in all different types of bad weather and those not to take for 500 miles around. Times have changed.
There are IPad and Iphone apps that track the position of other phones which are granted access. It's a cheap and effective (possibly) way for family members or operators to help out SAR in an emergency without impacting the Big Brother concerns that some people retain with AsA.
Last edited by Lodown; 3rd Oct 2012 at 23:29.