Non-profit video featuring Land Ops ARC. The search teams of Land Ops ARC (adventure radio club) set out and find a military aircraft crash site from the past. Two Phantom F4 fighters collided in mid-air during a training mission over the California desert over four and a half decades ago.
Feel free to share the video especially among hams. We have lots of opportunities for operators to step into roles they have not yet performed and participate.
This looks like A lot of fun. More than just Geo caching . There is some reverence to it. The fallen pilots name is said several times. Gone but not forgotten. Fine job people. I personally would like to say Thank You to all service personal , living and especially, past. AE7XG
There is a 4x4 trail here in the mountains which leads to the site of the 1965 crash of an Air Force T33-A "Shooting Star" jet trainer version. Always a sobering trip. Two men died there that day. There is usually a little American flag propped up, and other offerings.
Not obvious what the object of this exercise was. Geo caching exercise? Tribute to the fallen pilot? An emergency radio communications drill, disguised as something else? Almost anything is OK, just curious what the object really was (since it obviously was NOT really to locate the wreck - that was already known).
Thank you for watching...yes...it was a lot of fun. We're looking to locate more crash sites throughout the coming year.
All of the above, but primarily a training exercise for navigating and radio communication with something other than a geocache at the end.
I'm not familiar with that site. This was the first aircraft crash site our club visited. We're interested in visiting and documenting more.
There is another easy wreak site to find F-4E Phantom II 13th April 1990 68-0512 196th TFS 163rd Tactical Fighter Group California Air National Guard March Air Force Base, CA Crashed and burned in the Mojave Desert in Inyo County, 60 miles west of Las Vegas near Death Valley. It hit so close to the road we (crash response team, Nellis) had to block the entrance to Death Valley. Later, the CDOT brought in a snow plow to clear debris from the roadway. Both pilot and GIB were lost. https://joeidoni.smugmug.com/Aircraft-Crash-Sites/Shoshone-F-4E-Phatom-111308/ has photos from a couple of wreck hunters. As can be seen by this official photo - the impact site very close to the paved roadway. Not seen in this photo was our camp site on the far side of the paved road. While the Air Foce does clear up the biggest of the pieces, quite a lot of smaller debris remains.
Another well documented Land Ops adventure. Each trip has so many different elements, from offroad driving, teamwork, exploration, navigation, geacaching, communications, and finally the experience of the great outdoors. What more could you want?
This is just another great trip this club makes I have watched many a Land Ops video, not only are they well put together, but they serve a real world purpose to better prepare ourselves for WTHSHTF.
Great video. Professional production. Recently singed up with this group and looking forward to going on a mission with them!
Assuming this site is not in "blanked out" area - debris of such size should be visible on standard Google satellite view. How about some GPS coordinates? 73 Shirley PS Why the "non-profit " designator of video?
