Why wouldn't it have worked, Brian? On Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:25 AM, Brian Sheets <brians@fl240.com> wrote: I had one of those when I was ferrying a cessna caravan from Kansas to China. Halfway over the Sea of Okhotsk on my way from Magadan to Khabarovsk at 10pm at night it occurred to me that if my engine failed, getting found would not happen, regardless of my gps locator, SPOT and survival suit. And then it got worseŠ I made landfallŠ B On 3/11/14, 4:20 PM, "Wiggins Patrick" <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:

I don't mean this to be a commercial for any one company but knowing that many of us on this list sometimes find ourselves in remote areas far from cell service (Joe comes to mind) I thought I'd pass along this story:

http://www.acrartex.com/survivors/stories/jill-clendon-nelson-new-zealand/ ?utm_source=Consumer+E-Blast+Spring+Promotion+2014&utm_campaign=UA-2329902 3-1&utm_medium=email

Yeah, long URL but an educational read.

Now go get a beacon!

patrick

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