On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:01:43 -0400, Mike Ash wrote:

In article ,
Gezellig wrote:

On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:44:28 -0500, Jim Logajan wrote:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...07X17184&key=1

How long after first impact should it take for the ELT to kick out a
call on frequency?

I assume pretty quickly, but if you're referring to the Fossett crash,
note that the NTSB report says the ELT was destroyed on impact.

I didn't catch the "on impact" only that it was destroyed. I guess they
judged that no signal meant destroyed on strike, must have been a hell
of a crash reading through the report.

I'm looking at the pictures, wow, not pretty. Do all the S Decathlons
have clear canopies?