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In skill…perhaps. But in human worth?

I read a news article today that, as a fledgling pilot, is a bit disturbing to me. One self-contradictory statement made by the Civil Air Patrol in particular caught my eye:

The resources available may be exceptional, but the length of the search and the involvement of so many agencies are not, said Civil Air Patrol Acting National Commander Brig. Gen. Amy Courter.

Thus far, the search has failed to turn up the 63-year-old record-setting aviator, but it has located seven previously undiscovered plane wrecks in the rugged mountains.

Does anyone see a PROBLEM with this statement?!? They found 7 plane wrecks never found before?!?!?! So much for the part about the length of the search being typical.

The really unsettling part is that I fly an even dinkier plane than he had, over terrain that is just as cracked and desolate!

-J