2 FOUND ALIVE AFTER LANDING PILOT OF AIRCRAFT, TEACHER OK, COLD.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los - A student glider pilot and an instructor were found safe Sunday after spending a freezing night in the mountains as a result of making an emergency landing in a canyon. The Great Western Soaring School sailplane sailplane: see glider. had landed in heavy brush at the bottom of a San Gabriel Mountains San Gabriel Mountains, S Calif., E and NE of Los Angeles, running c.50 mi (80 km) westward from Cajon Pass. San Antonio Peak (10,080 ft/3,072 m) is the highest of the range. Citrus fruits are raised on the southern foothills. canyon about seven miles south of the flight school's airfield, from which the craft had taken off Saturday afternoon. ``The people were unhurt and the plane was unhurt,'' said Dale Masters, an instructor at the school south of Pearblossom. ``It was a perfect case of what to do in a bad situation.'' Instructor Yvonne Robinson-Giguere, granddaughter of glider-school owner Fred Robinson, and student pilot Thomas Erickson, 45, of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. were spotted about 7:20 a.m. Sunday by people in a plane from the school, deputies said. A sheriff's helicopter that was also searching for the glider picked them up in the canyon south of the Mountain High ski area. The pair didn't need hospitalization. The sheriff's helicopter flew the two to a mountain road where paramedics treated them for the effects of the cold, deputies said. Mountain temperatures fell into the low 20s overnight and winds were gusting over 20 mph, the National Weather Service said. ``Everybody's good and well - a bit of hypothermia hypothermia Abnormally low body temperature, with slowing of physiological activity. It is artificially induced (usually with ice baths) for certain surgical procedures and cancer treatments. ,'' Deputy Daryl Bonsall said. The sailplane had been reported missing after dark Saturday, deputies said. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and San Bernardino county helicopters, as well as the school, searched for it Saturday, but the main search started up at dawn Sunday, sheriff's deputies said. Charles F. Bostwick, (661) 267-5742 chuck.bostwick(at)dailynews.com |
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