Originally Posted by dublinpilot
I prefer to think of it as going, rather than gone.....leaves a little hope to still postpone the trip
You know, I only "heard" it the once from my FI and never thought of it like that. I stand corrected!
Just looked at my 2003 edition Flying Training 1 and blow me down there it is, "you should squawk 7700 on your transponder for 1 Minute, then 7600 for 15; and repeat.
Utter tosh.
Much more interesting is further down where it says "For more about emergency radio calls and radio failure procedures, see vol 7 of The Air Pilots Manual - Radiotelephony. Again in my 2003 edition it says "to indicate radio failure by squawking 7600..............." No reference whatsoever to 7700.
As the Monster says, they have got it wrong in the case of Vol 1. You might want to drop them a note Splang.
Happy flying and welcome back to the fold. 10 years is too long away.
The Wombat