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Thread: ELT Thought

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    Default Re: ELT Thought

    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
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    Default Re: ELT Thought

    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
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    Default Re: ELT Thought

    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!

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