Thread: Mayday in Utah
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Old June 19th 08, 03:48 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Mayday in Utah

On Jun 19, 2:33*am, Ian wrote:
That would be a gross misuse - an abuse - of the MAYDAY call. You are
NOT supposed to use it on the off chance that something might go wrong
later.


You're in a remote area, you're high enough to make a radio call, but
don't know how much lower you can be and still communicate, so you
want to notify *someone* of your predicament.

So you tune 121.5 and say...????

-Tom