"John Clear" wrote in message
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Danny Deger wrote:
Post your lost story here, so we can all laugh at them.


On my long cross country (Aertz (Lafayette, IN) to Springfield, IL
to Lawerenceville, IN), on the Springfield to Lawerenceville leg,
I applied the magentic variation wrong. It should have been +3
and I did -3 (or something like that, it has been 15 years).
Since I was close to on course, I made my first few checkpoints,
but after awhile, the few landmarks that exist in that area weren't
matching up with the charts. I happened to fly over an airport
with multiple runways, and comparing the layout to airports on the
chart, was able to figure out where I was.

And then on the Lawernceville to Aertz leg, I had a NMAC with a
bizjet at 10,500ft. Lots of learning on that one flight.

John
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John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/


Lost story of a somewhat more serious nature. In 1981 a Cessna 210 with 5
POB was lost in bad weather over land ( thick forest) in Australia, never
to be seen again, despite regular searches to this day. I believe it is
the only aircraft lost on land in Aus never to be found. There was another
case of an aircraft lost for 30 odd years and found by a forest worker on
the side of a mountain. I know several aircraft have gone missing without
trace in New Zealand. What about the USA? any dissapeared definately over
land without trace? It is hard to imagine in this day and age that this can
still happen. Over water i can understantd
terry
ppl downunder