Safety Whistle I Just Bought - Great for Pilots

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I recently came across this electronic safety whistle and thought it to
be a no brainer for my (or any serious pilot's) flight bag. Thought I'd
share. http://www.davidsteele.com

[Bob Gardner]

I'm not a big fan of things that depend on batteries in an emergency. I
bought a "rescue whistle" from REI for five bucks...it is supposed to have a
one-half mile range.

Bob Gardner

> wrote in message
ups.com...
>I recently came across this electronic safety whistle and thought it to
> be a no brainer for my (or any serious pilot's) flight bag. Thought I'd
> share. http://www.davidsteele.com
>

[Casey Wilson]

> wrote in message
ups.com...
>I recently came across this electronic safety whistle and thought it to
> be a no brainer for my (or any serious pilot's) flight bag. Thought I'd
> share. http://www.davidsteele.com

The whistles I used when I was a zebra on the basketball court work
great. They are now standard items in my survival packs. Batteries not
required. Never measured the DB level but I recall a rescue team having to
hike some considerable distance to find a kid sitting on the side of a
mountain blowing away on one. I think I gotta pass on this gadget.

[Paul Tomblin]

In a previous article, said:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>I recently came across this electronic safety whistle and thought it to
>be a no brainer for my (or any serious pilot's) flight bag. Thought I'd
>share. http://www.davidsteele.com

You "recently came across" this? Strange then how the davidsteele.com
domain belongs to a Donald Bassler then. Quite a coincidence.

**** off, sock puppet.

Registrant:
Donald Bassler
1280 Bison Ave B9507
Newport Beach, California 92660
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com
Domain Name: DAVIDSTEELE.COM
Created on: 13-Oct-95
Expires on: 11-Oct-07
Last Updated on: 14-Sep-05

Administrative Contact:
Bassler, Donald
1280 Bison Ave B9507
Newport Beach, California 92660
United States
(949) 823-9445 Fax --

Technical Contact:
Bassler, Donald
1280 Bison Ave B9507
Newport Beach, California 92660
United States
(949) 823-9445 Fax --


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[Morgans]

"Casey Wilson" <N2310D @ gmail.com> wrote

> The whistles I used when I was a zebra on the basketball court work
> great. They are now standard items in my survival packs. Batteries not
> required. Never measured the DB level but I recall a rescue team having to
> hike some considerable distance to find a kid sitting on the side of a
> mountain blowing away on one. I think I gotta pass on this gadget.

Yep, a solution without a need. <g>

I used to blow on one as a marching band director, and it had to be way over
the 125 decibels they advertise. When you blow on a whistle, your ears
pressurize, or something like that, and you can stand much louder sounds
while doing that.
--
Jim in NC

[Montblack]

("Paul Tomblin" wrote)
> You "recently came across" this? Strange then how the davidsteele.com
> domain belongs to a Donald Bassler then. Quite a coincidence.


Nice catch PT.


Montblack

[CJ]

"Bob Gardner" > wrote in message
...
> I'm not a big fan of things that depend on batteries in an emergency. I
> bought a "rescue whistle" from REI for five bucks...it is supposed to have
> a one-half mile range.
>
> Bob Gardner

When I crewed on offshore sailboats (a long time ago, and only a few times),
we had these less than $10.00 wonders clipped to our life jackets:

http://www.stormwhistles.com/

As they note on the site, they actually do make noise under water. And, at
up to 120 db (in air) without batteries, they are loud and reliable. I blew
mine full lung offshore once, and hurt my own ears.

REI and others have them.

- Curtis

[Peter Duniho]

"Montblack" > wrote in message
...
> ("Paul Tomblin" wrote)
>> You "recently came across" this? Strange then how the davidsteele.com
>> domain belongs to a Donald Bassler then. Quite a coincidence.
>
> Nice catch PT.

Not that one really needs the official record to clue in to the
self-promotion, but it does amuse me at how the spammers never seem to
bother to take the appropriate steps required to hide their connection to
the advertised product or web site.

I mean, come on...posting using your real name? What kind of spam tactic is
that?

The big tip-off is "great product, thought I'd share" from someone you never
heard of. Practically guaranteed to be spam.

Pete

[Peter R.]

Paul Tomblin > wrote:

> You "recently came across" this? Strange then how the davidsteele.com
> domain belongs to a Donald Bassler then. Quite a coincidence.

Nice catch, but reposting his entire message including the link is helping
him to spread his message. Next time, snip his link from your reply. :)


--
Peter

[Paul Tomblin]

In a previous article, "Peter Duniho" > said:
>"Montblack" > wrote in message
...
>> ("Paul Tomblin" wrote)
>>> You "recently came across" this? Strange then how the davidsteele.com
>>> domain belongs to a Donald Bassler then. Quite a coincidence.
>>
>> Nice catch PT.
>
>The big tip-off is "great product, thought I'd share" from someone you never
>heard of. Practically guaranteed to be spam.

Because this form of idiocy is so common, my first reaction when somebody
posts about this "great product I recently came across" is to do a whois
on the domain name. It's sad how often it's the same name - not to give
hints to spammers or anything, but why don't they get a sock puppet email
address on gmail or yahoo in a different name?


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Paul Tomblin > http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
An Emacs reference mug is what I want. It would hold ten gallons of coffee.
-- Steve VanDevender

[john smith]

> I recently came across this electronic safety whistle and thought it to
> be a no brainer for my (or any serious pilot's) flight bag. Thought I'd
> share. http://www.davidsteele.com

Which end do you stick in your mouth to blow in?