.Mineret Lake Sierra Nevada @10,000 ft level near crash site.Other psssessions 1/4 mile away... suggests he may have survived crash and tried to seek help. Bears and mountain lions up that way, I’ve read.
It sure wasn't the side of a hill, it was a mountain. The crash site is at the 10,000 foot level and it is starting to cloud up here now, calling for snow down to 8,000 feet by Saturday making recovery efforts difficult.
At least he went out doing something he loved.
.Mineret Lake Sierra Nevada @10,000 ft level near crash site.Plane disintigrated on impact. No way he walked away from that. As far as the body, it’s been a year since he crashed. Likely nothing left but scattered bones. Once you’re dead you’re just carrion.
Seems like he did a “Patsy Cline.”
He was heavily in debt, chuted out, and is now part of the obama campaign; incognito.
btt
From:
Efforts Renew to Understand Dangers of Mountain Flying.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0UBT/is_14_20/ai_n16117184
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Mountain waves, which in form are something like the waves at a sea shore, result from oncoming air coming against a mountain's face that is then forced up and over the crest. On the other side, gravity suddenly pulls the air down and the waves form. Rotors develop right below the waves, and resemble a whirlwind or vortex tilted to the horizontal.
But little is known so far about the “whys and hows” of rotor formation, Grubisic tells Air Safety Week. T-REX will be an important step in understanding these phenomena better, but much more research probably will remain to be done after the current project is over.
In aviation, mountain waves and rotors have long been recognized as significant dangers. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau cites a 1968 incident when a BOAC Boeing 707 was ripped apart by a mountain wave as the craft flew near Mt. Fuji in Japan. Also, in 1968, a Fairchild F-27B lost parts of its wings and empennage, and a Douglas DC-8 lost an engine and wingtip in 1992, in wave-related accidents.
Rotors, specifically, have been cited as contributors to accidents in commercial, military, and general aviation (GA), Grubisic says. Experienced pilots know about them and avoid them. But rotors and waves remain particularly dangerous to pilots who are unaware of them.
As the FAA has aptly put it, “Your first experience flying over mountainous terrain (particularly if most of your flight time has been over the flatlands of the Midwest) could be a never-to-be forgotten nightmare [italics in original] if proper planning is not done and if you are not aware of the potential hazards.”
I'm just saying...