I participated in the '91 search effort - fortunately the pilot
sustained only minor injuries during the crash and was able to extract
himself from the wreckage and walk to safety. Although I feel the
OSTIV-award winning design of the ASW-24 safety cockpit had a lot to do
with the survivability of this crash, an ELT would have certainly
assisted us in the search. I ordered an ELT after this contest.
Tim Gossfeld

Tim,

I went one step further: After that contest, I ordered an ASW 24 with
the safety cockpit AND an ELT. Still have both.

Since then, have bought new winglets for the '24, new batteries for the
ACK ELT. Would prefer not to have to spend more money to upgrade either
one.

Chip Bearden
ASW 24 "JB"