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Old October 27th 09, 09:21 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Martin Gregorie[_5_]
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Default Personal Locator Beacon Increase Risk?

On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:34:01 -0700, nate_fl wrote:

I think the appropriate response to this sort of thing is a hefty rescue
bill. A few examples might cause a rethink among the "Let's surrender,
I'm hungry" crowd.


This always seems to happen with new technology. A couple of past
examples:

- when cell-phones were new, idiot walkers on the UK's Lake District
were calling the guide book author if they thought they were lost.

- when GPS was new, people were walking into mountains without maps or
spare batteries and getting lost when the GPS battery failed


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