If your being looked for at night, 9/10 the pilots will have NVG.
They illuminate light 6000x so if you have a torch, cell phone (even if no coverage use the screen to wave at the heli) or even a ciggy lighter stands out for miles! Use any light source you have to try help the machine spot you.
Once they have you and are trying to land turn the lights off.
It was incredible to see how these and use NVG.
The number of people I have seen spotlighting in the early hrs when on a medivac from a
Long long way away is amazing.
Becons certainly make it easier to find people.
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