Twas a typo on the SRA site. Man, I was thinking to myself
"two crashes by the same guy in two years? And in
contests? No wonder they're using this for an example!"

But in the end it was just a typo. As Rosanne Rosannadanna
used to say:

Neveeer Mindddd...

But say, whats all this hubaloo about endangered feces?

In article ,
T o d d P a t t i s t wrote:
(Mark James Boyd) wrote:

So in 2003 Peter Masak crashed in a sailplane in a contest,
was uninjured, and was found quickly because he had an ELT.

I'm not sure how you got this out of anything I posted.
Peter tragically died in an accident in May 2004. He
carried an ELT which allowed the accident site to be located
relatively quickly (accident in the afternoon, rescuers on
site next morning). If not for the ELT, it is widely
believed the accident site would not have been found for
months or years. AFAIK, Peter died on impact.

I don't know what type of ELT he carried. It seems to me
that if he carried one of the newer 406 MHz units, as I was
initially told, it would make a difference as to whether
this accident should be considered when making rules about
carrying older 121.5 MHz ELT's.


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