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Default Glider accident near Altoona... interview with pilot

PLB brings speedy rescue to pilot trapped in trees
By Mike Collins, AOPA

A Pennsylvania pilot is crediting his personal locator beacon (PLB)
with his rescue only two hours after his glider crashed in rugged
mountains near Altoona, Pa., May 9.



http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/article...raccident.html