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Old March 26th 04, 04:45 PM
Dylan Smith
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In article KJV8c.97233$1p.1451082@attbi_s54, Jay Honeck wrote:
Or when I must pay $1800 for a stupid transponder. (Hell, I was looking at
lawn tractors yesterday, and balked at spending $1000, cuz it was too
expensive. Think about that a minute...)


What is it with transponders? They have to be the least reliable part on
any aircraft I've flown. They don't have lots of moving parts like a
gyro, yet they fail for the fun of it. ATC should just reply by default,
"N12345, not getting your transponder" whenever someone calls up.

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