Search height
Having wasted much of Sunday following the Malay thread, I see search heights of 3, 5, 7 and 10 thousand feet being mentioned.
I recall being taught that 200 ft was ideal and 500 ft was the upper limit. I know that the object was a person or dinghy. But the current search is for floating debris like seat cushions so has the thinking changed in the past 50+ years?
I know that instructor believed an AVM's son should have been found if the search had been conducted at a lower level. Of course both he and his no 2 were ex Sunderlands. At the time they were still in service and I remember notes being shown for mooring said beasts.
Last edited by Pom Pax; 9th Mar 2014 at 17:13.
Reason: add mooring.