"...it is around 620nm from t to bottom of Finland and 660nm top to bottom of
UK!"
UK population 65.6 M
Finnish population 5.5 M
Relative chances of (crash) landing near a populated area (and therefore help)?
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of
davidjoyce@doctors.org.uk
Sent: 02 November 2017 09:10
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: ELT
Raimo, Yes of course I have looked down on those very remote and rugged spaces
in Finland and we do infact have some equally remote and unlandable places in
the UK (try flying round all the remote Scottish islands), but it doesn't alter
the point that there are few landings where you are not either dead or able
to use a PLB. Two or three hundred euros invested in a Smartass is much more
likely
to save your life than a similar amount spent on an ELT in addition to a
PLB.
Much tempted by the idea of some more Aviation beer and Sauna in 2018. Regards,
David
PS We shouldn't really get into a 'Mine's bigger than yours' sort of argument,
but I find that it is around 620nm from t to bottom of Finland and 660nm top to
bottom of UK!
On 2017-11-01 21:09, Raimo Toivio wrote:
Dear David,
you are right as usually, but however, think about accident in the remote place
(and you have not launched your PLB),
ELT is your only hope (if you happen to be alive) . I do understand that it is
not so easy to you to understand there are really unpopulated places in the
world.
Like Finland. You have flown here a lot. Think.
Really, all the pilots are not flying in the Great Britain!!!
(which is a very little put populated - island somewhere).
For example Me, after not-so-succesfull landing to any remote private strip here
with my monowheel.
To my home strips, where there are people available from hundreds of meters.
They
just look, maybe!!!
Raimo has left his aircraft there, and same time I am loosing maybe my life! In
that case, ELT were superb.
So far, I have had about 600 landings with my Mono, and still one prop
(AirMaster).
David, Im pretty sure You get it!
Go on! I know you can have your burst!
Or, maybe you need a real Finnish Sauna to get out your real Europa Mind?
***
About me /my status:
- my Europa OH-XRT is still not flyable but will be during early 2018 *
- my Lamco OH-U666 (a bushplane) is flyable now finally after my crash one year
ago
- my very Beloved Cesna OH-CVK (which I owned 1996-2012) is here back again.
- my Antonov AN-2 HA-MDO is in Sweden, but it will be soon here.
David,
pls fly here duging The 2018 - the cows are away!
Just land EFRT 12/30 or 03/21 if you like so.
Raimo
OH-XRT
Finland
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