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first being familiar with the minden area, from riding dirty bikes, its basin and range country. a few ranches here there and not much else.

second he was flying citabria. one of our company pilots based in minden and a very accomplished alaskan bush pilot, augered in with one. NTSB report, pilot error.

third, his plane was equipped with an EPIRB.(emergency positioning indicating radio beacon) these will activate upon "G-FORCES" emitted by plane impacting immoveable object ie. the earth.

4th EPIRB has NOT BEEN ACTIVATED! so that means either a faulty EPIRB or he landed on all three(3) wheels.

5th if he landed right side up in a rural area, wouldnt he pull the pin on EPIRB to show his position???????

6th the guy was very adept at survival skills. wouldnt he light a tire on fire or build a fire to indicate his position?????

my angle..........faulty EPIRB and he augered in at warp speed.

or hes hanging with ELVIS!
Old 09-06-2007, 04:30 AM
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