Dan G wrote:
What is true, without doubt, is that a full conventional SAR operation
is launched for *anyone* who goes missing in an aircraft or boat,
whether rich or poor, or famous or not, and that's still a person's
best hope for timely rescue.

Perhaps, but I still found this headline and article rather sad:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl.../MNF0S2BJT.DTL

The search for Fossett is something more than a "conventional" SAR
operation...

Marc