Lost and alone over the Pacific
summary
Tells the full, concrete rescue: an ADF failure leads to a 23‑hour ferry flight with zero fuel left, VHF range and signal loss used to localise the Cessna, a sun‑fist bearing to get a bearing, VHF horizon boxing to compute a search circle, a diverted DC‑10 dumping fuel then using strobes and coordinated vectors, RAF Orion escort, and a landing with minutes of fuel remaining. Promises exact numbers, the real tools and improvisations, and that the improvised techniques actually work.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00The vast Pacific
- 1:11A dangerous delivery mission
- 2:47A mid-journey disaster
- 4:48Lost over the ocean
- 9:15A lifeline from the sky
- 11:47Navigating by the sun
- 17:41Triangulating the signal
- 21:17A near-fatal error
- 25:27Safe at last
- 27:56Industry parallels
- 30:45Thriving in uncertainty
- 33:34The importance of community
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