nF],^T~ trA^**# Continued;
Until 5*00 p.m., Jack felt confident that.
Artie and Chuck turned back and were stain
ing in Naknek awaiting better weather
conditions; but, at that time radio
check-up advised that the pianos had left:
Naknek and wore somswnere between there
and Egegik, but where?
The next morning at daylight, Jack and
Hank Ostrosky started shoveling Jack*s
plane out of the snow getting ready to
search for the mis^hg planes* Leaving. NaJo*
nek about nine ololock they headed for
Naknek by way of the coast believing that
the two p3na nes would most likely be^ foL*
lowing the same route that Jack was forcwd
to take. About fifteen minutes later they
spotted Artie1 £a!W? Ada about five miles'
out of Egegik walking through knee-deep
snow.
Both rescue plenes landed. Jack picked?
up Ada who was almost exhausted after
walking about a mile through heavy bliz
zard which at times made visibility nil*
H o took her on to Egegik, while Artie;
and Hank walked back to Artiefs plane
and awaited Jack*s return with some gas.
After gassing up the planes at IJaknek ,
Artie sa&d, he a nd CHuck took off headed.
tcward Egegik and the storm closed them
in completely. In an attempt to return to;
Naknek they could not see where they were;
going and found themselves flying around
in circles until their gas supply was
gone.
Artie watched for the first opening
near any sort of shelter where they could
waib out the storm; finally he spotted
a building which turned out to be an old
3altery and landed about a mile from tha
spot.# Tramping back to the saltery th»y
iound it completely snowed in, excejb
lor one v.inaow which they broke and g'"
inside for shelter* It was shelter., t •
that was all, for it was necessary'*'<•.»
Artie to stay av-ake ell night and brr\t'
up what wood he could find to keep
fire going in the stove* They had
"park on" the stove to feel its warmth*
After a miserable night in a wet mat
tress and sleeping bag, they started out
walking about 8:30 a.m#
Several planes Joined the search1, iru
eluding Stan Chmiel from Egegik, "Woody"
hood, of Egegik, Peterson from Naknek a.ir-*i'
Tenth Rescue from Anchcr age, the latter
which through some error were in the
whong- area# Albert and John Ball left
Ftom Dillingham but were forced back at
Kvichak River#
Stan Shmiel and Auggie Alto spotted
the third plan© on the side of a snow
bank a bout 15 miles northeast of’ Eg
egik. The crippled plana was almost
buried in snow and was barely visible*
except for one wing tip which stuck up
and the rescuers were able- to land right
beside it.
Chuck states that he had turned arouad
when he saw he could not fcet through to
ana headed back to lrnknek# On the.
turn around over the lake, he lost ell
contack with the ground and ettempted
to land but "hit” sooner than he figured
tearing off the landing gear completely
and with a big bounco ended up on theside
of the snow back.
For shelter Chuck dug a snow house
in the side of the snow bank, using a
quart oil can as a shovel and a rifle
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