Thanks for the explanation, Fred! Since he was flying into the prevailing wind, I wondered if that made him use up more fuel than he anticipated.

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Why have some people become so obsessed with trying to recoup the cost of a rescue effort...


It's not the cost of the effort as much as the increasing idiocy of some of the people who cause the problems. Personally, I find it very irritating that so many people put themselves in situations with absolutely no thought or planning or even recognition that it could be dangerous. As long as they have their cell phone, they think they have everything covered.

Military, Coast Guard, fine. Our taxes have gone for worse things than that, but many searchers (including SAR) have been injured and killed going after idiots who should have known better, and THAT'S what I object to.

Sue