Thanks Mike, a useful article.
As you say, officially it is only for maritime use. However, I phoned
the maritime base for registering the unit and they were quite happy for
me to register it with them. Also I note now that Adams aviation are
offering the same unit (for 446 pounds, I paid 299 at a chandelery).
They tell me that for aviation the unit should be registered with RAF
Kinloss so I have sent them an email and am awaiting their reply.
As the unit is registered to a person rather than a specific vessel I
can't see any problem. I shall take it with me and will certainly not
hesitate to deploy it if the need arises, whether on land or water. I
can always argue the toss later.
Richard Iddon G-RIXS
<mikenjulie.parkin@btinternet.com>
Richard,
I found this page - <http://www.seathree.demon.co.uk/plb/plb-3.html>
which
may be of interest.
The pertinent part is the following extract I think.
UK. 406 PLBs are legal in the UK - but only for maritime use.
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