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Horror at Eleven Thousand Feet?
Allow me to apologize for this article's ambivalent title, but first let me tell you the story of how I went from cruising on autopilot at 11,000 feet while eating a bag of M&Ms to treading water in the shark infested Gulf of Mexico all in a matter of 3 minutes. I am an ATP rated pilot and use my aircraft extensively for business and personal transportation. On 20 September 2012, I had planned on flying from my home in Houston, Texas to Sarasota, Florida for some meetings. When I lined…Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I think you can remove the question mark after the title of your article.
Fancy 406's aren't cheap and a refund is definitely in order. Glad it all worked out.
To be fair, I wonder if perhaps the unit did not have enough time to get a lock on the satellites. It only had about 3 minutes between activating it in the dive to the plane being completely submerged. Still, it is certainly frustrating to spend money on survival equipment which you hope to never have to use, and then find it does not work when you DO need it!
It's frustrating that you're required to upgrade it just to find out that Search and Rescue aren't using it!
The SAR folks will use it, but only if your device is working, which is believed to be the issue here.
I would at least try to get their take on it. If it didn't work as advertised, perhaps they could send you a replacement free of charge... Like you said, survival equipment that does not work when you need it is frustrating.
Agreed Chris, and at the very least, it is excellent information for their R&D.
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I bet they will.....as soon as you retrieve and return the old one from 3000 feet of water.
I can only guess the impact wasn't enough to set it off ? or did he say he activated it?
I'll to re read that part.
I can only guess the impact wasn't enough to set it off ? or did he say he activated it?
I'll to re read that part.