Also. If you know you are going down, such as from an engine failure over inhospitable terrain, or such you can activate SOS before you reach the ground.
Also. If you know you are going down, such as from an engine failure over inhospitable terrain, or such you can activate SOS before you reach the ground.
John Brannen
Morris, IL
Sonerai IIL (Single Seat)
Kitfox 3/4 1050 - Rotax 582 (Back Flying and sold)
Kitfox IV 1050 - Rotax 582 (sold)
Kitfox IV 1200 Speedster - Rotax 912 UL (rebuilt and now flying)
Piper Twin Comanche (Sold)
Glasair 1 FT (Waiting to start)
Aha -- since I don't own one of them, I guess I should have kept my trap shut about how they're used! Thanks, guys; it makes sense now.
Eric Page
Building: Kitfox 5 Safari | Rotax 912iS | Dynon HDX
Member: EAA Lifetime, AOPA, ALPA
ATP: AMEL | Comm: ASEL, Glider | ATCS: CTO
Map of Landings
Another consideration….. we had 2 ELT activations at my airport in the past year (inadvertent ones, thankfully). In both cases it took nearly 3 hours for the first phone call from Flight Service inquiring about it…. My personal belief is the ELT would be one of the last things I rely on to save me in such an instance. I feel like it would have been 4-6 hours before anyone started really looking….
-Mike Kraus
RV-4 built and sold :-(
RV-10 built and flying
KitFox SS7 built and flying and now on amphib floats!