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If you are referring to ultralights or powered parachutes
they exist but are rarely used for anything beyond recreation around
here. The problem is not just finding someone who has one and is willing
to volunteer it but the carrying capacity. There is no weight left over
for anything besides the pilot. An observer is often needed to effectively search from the air. They are limited
in altitude around here due to commercial traffic and the need for ATC
electronics if they go higher than 2000 feet or so. There was a guy who flew a remote control helicopter with a
camera for a while that worked well. Anything that you can get that works
for you is good, if it doesn’t then drop it and put your resources into
another idea. Irv Lichtenstein From: msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of E.S. Hi, is anyone
know of a use of paramotors in a search and rescue operation? I think it's a
great way for the search part of S&R...
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