Jos Okhuijsen - said
> I've been on SAR training missions searching for an elt, and it's not as
> easy as it's supposed to be.
Thats why I raised the point about using smoke or sea dye. I know nothing
whatsoever about ELT technology but I figured it would only give a general
location as to where the ELT is located - ie it isnt direction sensitive. My
guess an ELT will only guide the search helicopter or vessel to within a
mile or two of the target and then its down to the Mk1 eyeball.
Assuming there is time to make a mayday call that alone should be sufficient
to guide search and rescue to within a couple of miles but there is no
guarantee you could make that call in an emergency or accurately give your
location - I must see if there is a button on my Garmin which will display
the GPS coordinates.
Smoke or dye makes it much quicker to locate a downed craft as there may
well be other small vessels in the search area and the SAR would need to
elimnate these as possible targets.
As to immersion suits I am not sure these are any lighter than carrying a
raft (Transair sells a raft which is 12kg) - maybe someone makes a
lightweight version. I personally feel that a bulky survival suit would be
somewhat impractical for flying. Purely from a weight point of view a diving
wet suit would afford a considerable improvement in survivability.
----- Original Message -----
From: "josok" <josok-e@ukolo.fi>
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Sea Survival Equipment
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> Why not use survival suites, as carried by oil platform personnel on
> helicopter rides? These will keep you alive in any water for more then 24
> hrs. I've seen those in Norway, in a shop supplying material for
> fisherman. The price, weight and bulkiness were way lower then i expected
> them to be. Maybe our Norwegian friends can supply some more details? And
> instead of an elt, i would go for a combination of elt and gps equipped
> PLB. I've been on SAR training missions searching for an elt, and it's not
> as easy as it's supposed to be. As for the legal requirements: My first
> objective would be to increase the chance of survival. Second comes the
> legality :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Jos Okhuijsen
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