RDRickster
Where does one get hold of one of the ELT's that you showed in your reply? and how much does it cost?
Crab
Is 406 being used that much at the moment? and if the change over isn't till 2009, apart from the obvious time limitation on rescue, are many people using this new 406 technology?
Catseye
Great things the strobe light. I heard of a story where some guys out on an IR course where doing some of their fixed wing stuff over the Rockies and then had multiple engine failure. The pilot crash landed the plane on the side of this mountain. the ELT worked and was transmitting a signal, but SAR had problems locating the crew, luckily enough one of the passengers had a camera, and he just kept taking pictures with the flash on and they saw it. Had he had a personal strobe, me thinks they would have been spotted earlier
Everyone else
Why do impact ELT's have such a high fail rate? excuse my ignorance here guys sorry
MD