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Old January 3rd 08, 04:37 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Ramy
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Default Glider tracking - Spot etc...

On Jan 2, 4:42*pm, Dan G wrote:
On Jan 2, 12:36*am, "
wrote:

and more importantly has potential to
save lives.


It's not a PLB, nor can it even mimic the functions of one. It's not a
piece of survival equipment.

Dan


For PLB to work, it requires both the pilot and PLB to survive the
crash. Spot will provide a proximate location of the crash even if
none survived.

Ramy