"Dan Thomas" wrote in message
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Colour selection should be based on more than its emissivity. You want
something that will stand out if the Search and Rescue boys have to go
start looking for you. ELTs are fine, but they often don't work
properly

At 57A yesterday they had 50-some airplanes to search for a screaming ELT.
Whup-whup-whup-whup-wooop-wooop-wooooop-woooop-woooop.

They came by the hangar and harassed a few of us then went on, after I tore
into the rear sling to see if mine was on. They finally found it in an
airplane that had just landed, apparently about 10 feet above the asphalt.