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Twin Rivers Describes First Use Of Nova Ray
The
Telegraph (April 22, 2004)
Editor’s Note: As a follow up to the story appearing
in The Telegraph, April 22, 2004, Richard McCreary, Commander
of Twin Rivers Search and Rescue, Inc. (TRSR), provided
details of the team’s first application of the Nova
Ray®. TRSR took delivery of the Nova Ray® in March
as a donation by an anonymous sponsor.
It was a calm spring night but the water was murky, similar
to what you might experience on a river. That’s how
McCreary described TRSR’s first search experience using
the Nova Ray®. Previous efforts to locate a submerged
vehicle in a rural pond had failed. At one point, a search
boat high centered on the truck, but the boaters were unaware
they had found the vehicle. The Twin Rivers team was called
in by the Roxana, Ill police. Using the ROV’s sonar,
the TRSR team located and followed the underwater tire tracks
made by the truck when it went into the pond. Before that,
no one knew it was a truck (see Divers
search farm pond for submerged vehicle).
“The Nova Ray® met our expectations,” McCreary
commented. “I would rate it a 10 {on a scale with 10
as best}. It’s a good piece of equipment and very well
thought out.” He added, “The controls are simple
and is easy to operate, and the software is easy to figure
out how to use.” McCreary said piloting the Nova Ray®
under thruster power is like learning to drive a car. “You
have to master the driving skills to use it effectively.”
Oh, about the truck. It turned out to be a stolen vehicle.
Police surmise it was driven into the pond by someone who
abandoned it. The window was broken, there were no keys
and no one was inside the vehicle.
©The
Telegraph 2004
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