In the Stu Kissel crash, CAP put out a nice press release taking credit
for the find. Let's just say it was found in spite of CAP, certainly not
because of them.


On Sun, 07 Jun 2015 18:16:32 -0700, howard banks wrote:

To reinforce what Mike the Strike says, the CAP report says that some
of the wreckage is "miles" away from the main site. Mmmm. The CAP
claims total responsibility for finding anything too. Double mmmm.
Our hope is that the loss of Joe will not be in vain and that some
system to use existing electronics to locate downed gliders will be
devised. Please let us concentrate on that and not speculate on what
happened.


On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 7:53:13 PM UTC-6, Tim Taylor wrote:
Very sad news. Any details on what happened?

By Journal North Staff UPDATED: Friday, June 5, 2015 at 5:30 pm
PUBLISHED: Friday, June 5, 2015 at 4:30 pm SANTA FE -- New Mexico State
police have identified the deceased pilot of a downed glider aircraft
found Thursday afternoon southeast of Santa Fe in the Lamy area as
72-year-old Joseph Shepard of Illinois.

According to police, the glider was reported missing Wednesday, after
it left the Moriarty Municipal Airport. Satellite and cell phone data,
along with a sighting by a pilot who'd been following the glider, led
authorities to the Lamy area.

Starting early Thursday, crews from New Mexico Search and Rescue, the
Civil Air Patrol's New Mexico Wing, the Army National Guard and the
U.S. Border Patrol made searches on the ground and from the air. At
about 3 p.m., wreckage was found and confirmed as the missing glider.

The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate the cause of the
crash.