In the poo at Lake Eyre
Each of us handle situations differently. He believed he was gravely ill.
Under the assumption he flies for work, I would personally be admiring him for operating an aircraft and servicing patients in outback locations rather than a big city CBD.
DF.
Anyone who has had food poisoning will know just how it makes you feel. It can disable you very quickly, & an attack while flying would not be nice.
(That's why there are so many civil aviation regulations about food preparation for pilots, and why CVD gets so much attention.)
I always leave my second radio on 121.5 . This was a recommendation of NAS however all the education stopped when the frequency boundaries were put on the charts as no one could work out how such a half wound back system could work.
From experience the best frequency to call on in an emergency is 121.5 as all high flying airline aircraft monitor and record this frequency. Even half way across the Indian Ocean I have had an immediate answer from a test call on 121.5.
In the USA it is a requirement for radio equipped aircraft to monitor 121.5. Obviously only where practicable. It's a sensible requirement as ATC can then get another aircraft to call on 121.5 if an aircraft has entered restricted airspace . The US requirement came in after September the 11th.
From experience the best frequency to call on in an emergency is 121.5 as all high flying airline aircraft monitor and record this frequency. Even half way across the Indian Ocean I have had an immediate answer from a test call on 121.5.
In the USA it is a requirement for radio equipped aircraft to monitor 121.5. Obviously only where practicable. It's a sensible requirement as ATC can then get another aircraft to call on 121.5 if an aircraft has entered restricted airspace . The US requirement came in after September the 11th.
Hi Dick,
Many of us always used to have Comm 2 on 121.5 whilst flying 'around the traps'.
In my former 'FS' world, it was one of our first comm checks for an aircraft 'overdue' on a call, to be called on 121.5 by someone within range, if they were beyond our VHF range capability.
It was deemed to be 'good practice' or 'airmanship', in the 'good ole days'.....
Now there is word we don't seem to hear much of these days....
NAS or whatever had nothing to do with it.
Lack of 'airmanship' or just plain common sense I would venture, has everything to do with it.
Cheers
Many of us always used to have Comm 2 on 121.5 whilst flying 'around the traps'.
In my former 'FS' world, it was one of our first comm checks for an aircraft 'overdue' on a call, to be called on 121.5 by someone within range, if they were beyond our VHF range capability.
It was deemed to be 'good practice' or 'airmanship', in the 'good ole days'.....
Now there is word we don't seem to hear much of these days....
NAS or whatever had nothing to do with it.
Lack of 'airmanship' or just plain common sense I would venture, has everything to do with it.
Cheers
Jeez sat phones, epirbs, survival kits... Why bother with that stuff? It's not that remote out there any more! Someone else will pass by soon enough to help you anyway!
I am guessing he had a portable GPS to keep him on track to a known place of settlement. Even though 70KM when already feeling debilitated was probably not the most prudent of decisions.
Luckily it turned into a rescue rather than a search and recovery.
Luckily it turned into a rescue rather than a search and recovery.
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A normal adult walking pace upon a paved urban footway has been reckoned by urban planners to be 4.4kph.
According to my mental arithmetic, to cover 70km in 18 hours, he would have had to walked at an average of a tad under 4kph for that time, non-stop.
Allow ten minutes out of each hour for a break and he needed to average 5kph for the 18 hours.
As well, the latter third of that journey would have been in daytime.
And it's no paved urban footway out there.
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This is like herding cats..
Remove all distractions, clear your mind of extraneous thoughts...
Read the question again.
Then the answer.
See?
It's not that hard after all.
Remove all distractions, clear your mind of extraneous thoughts...
Read the question again.
Then the answer.
See?
It's not that hard after all.
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I wonder if he was carrying the necessary "paperwork" for the operation?
ACMS. Yes. That's what I am referring to. If a pilot gave a mayday and a gps position that was to short to be written down in an emergency upon landing the CVR could be replayed.
