Roy Smith wrote:
Jose wrote:
That's correct. However, there was nothing critical to repair. The
alternator tripped, that's all. The engine's still turning, the
weather's severe clear (albeit night), plenty of gas; I saw nothing of
any urgency. Even if the battery totally died, I could circle Danbury
and get a light gun.

With a dead battery, you'd not only have no radio, but also no lights and
no transponder.

I was wondering if I was the only one who noticed that. I've only had
one complete avionics failure, and it of course affected the transponder
as well. We put it on 7600 in case everything came back on, but
thankfully the radios stayed on long enough that tower knew our
intentions...and long enough that we got yelled at for not having a
transponder on... :-)