Epirb or nt

His radio obviously wasn't working after the crash.
Did you see the state the glider was in?

At 07:30 14 July 2006, Mike Lindsay wrote:

Never mind about ELT,s didn't this chap have a GPS
and a radio?
I cant imagine why he didn't send a Mayday on 121.5
giving his position.

Actually, I think I can. I had a similar incident a
year or two ago
about 30 miles from when this happened, fortunately
without damage or
injury.

I made contact with some airborne gliders, saying I'd
no idea where I
was. One of the pilots asked me for my GPS reading.
Of course, why
didn't I think of that? The reason was I was still
twitching thinking I
was going to end up in hospital (or worse).

A really bad fright can screw up your cognitive abilities
and this guy
must have been in pain from his broken ankle, so no
wonder he didn't
think of doing that.
--
Mike Lindsay