down in the woods

Here in Oz, cellphones aren't allowed to be switched on during commercial flights - in fact there are apparently a raft of in-flight system faults that have been blamed on phones/gameboys/laptops such as spontaneously dropping out of autopilot.

However they seem to be fine for general aviation - or at least in choppers (GSM phones that is).

Russ.

Now thats my kind of thinking...

-TomO

Jumpin-gee-hosaphats GPS, walkie talkies, man you guy's act like you have never been in the woods before. Just go back to where you were flying and find the last spot you saw the plane, while standing there look for the biggest tree that is close to where it went in and go to that point to start your search. Take some old cloth and tear it into strips and mark where you walked in and where you have searched, this helps you find your way back out and back in if need be, and tells you where you have already searched. Oh and as was said look up alot, that's another good reason to mark where you have already looked as you can go over the area again and this time look in the tree's and not on the ground. I put my 1/4 scale cap into the tree's last week and followed my own instructions and in 15 minutes I was climbing the tree to lower it down to my buds. No damage to the plane it just broke the prop, those darn tree's can actually save the plane once in a while so don't give up on it, it might just need the batteries charged or replaced and a new prop and thats all. Good luck,and unless it just flew away and you didn't see it crash you should find it. GPS that's a good one!!

Come on, all these guys have BOUGHT GPSs,etc,. so now they are looking for an excuse to use them!

I agree with John. A grid search is probably your most inexpensive method. You'd be surprised with a little patience....this summer I lost the prop off my AeroBird (about 6 " and grey) while flying over a bog. I searched but couldn't find it, so I gave up on it. After supper my son and I took our FRS radios and he went to where I thought it was lost. After 30 minutes of grid searching together, we found it. If I can find a 6 inch prop on a 4 square mile bog, with a little patience you'll find your plane. Good luck

Darren