Akro:
[QUOTEAt the risk of hijacking the thread, the issue I have never been able to decide about (despite a lot of reading) is fixed ELT vs PLB / EPIRB[/QUOTE]
On my last outback tours I've had all three. I figure that assuming I am alive after an accident or failure there is a good chance I will have one of them in working order. The boat EPIRB goes in my gear bag, the PLB in the headphone bag.
I;m told Canadian float pilots favour a flyfishing waistcoat "survival pack" on the basis that they may only have what they are wearing after an accident.