Reminded me, when I was flying in my old club, one of the member was the local airport director...
Lost a glider in the bushes down the slope, and after looking for it for about an hour, he grabbed me, and off we went to the airport, called the mechanic to have a plane ready

(helicopters were too expensive to run!)
Take off, and circled the zone, directing the search
Found it, and back to base.
One of my many many flights (not for all my gliders!! But that allowed me to have lots of flying

)