Mounted search and rescue

[Una Smith <una.smith@att.net>]

On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 09:10:38AM -0700, E.S. wrote:
>base on my research  Powered Parachute, will be the safest way to go , we 
>need it for a slow low search non urban parks area, wouldn't you agree?  

Flying and visual searching are two separate tasks that require significant
attention, so there should be two people in the aircraft:  pilot and spotter.

Wouldn't an unmanned, remote controlled drone be safest?  Texas EquuSearch has
been using small airplane drones, by the way.  One way they use drones is to 
record video or photographs of the ground, then have as many trained observers
as they can round up look at the imagery.  The analysis can be done remotely
by volunteers, even by spontaneous volunteers on the internet.

        Una Smith
        New Mexico