Locator Beacons, anybody????
Pilot DAR, and the rest of you wise pilots, there is a thread live on the Worldwide section, Pacific General Aviation, entitled "Light Aircraft Missing in outback of S. Australia".
Worth a read, and mentions ELT, which I think stands for Emergency Locator Transmitter, also PLB, which may mean Personal Locator Beacon...is that correct?
Both sound very useful in the search for the two on board the small aircraft that landed safely in the boondocks, and everybody was out looking for them.
Is such equipment usually carried here in Europe? What does it cost? how would it be used? I had an impression it often sent off false alarms....but if it is a good thing to have as emergency equipment, perhaps pilots on this thread may like to know more about them....