Microlighters

http://www.findmespot.eu/en/index.php?cid=101

I will be getting one of these. A couple of hundred US. I recently travelled with a travel journo who had one and swore by it. In the jungle od SAmerica he hit the SOS button due to a medical emergency and he has a Special Forces team come meet him in the jungle... (they thought he had been kidnapped).

To me this is perfect, cheapish, small, light, uses sats (not GSM), plots a track so you are still findable if the unit is destroyed. Reliable. It has two levels of alert so you can program that a message goes to SAR or a contact. You also get units that can send messages.

I'd be very interested in one of these on board for sure!
Keep us posted please Biggles ... especially how many couple of hundred US$ and what the annual subscription is.

Len

Yip interesting keep us updated please

have a look on their website, south africa does not have coverage

cobra wrote:have a look on their website, south africa does not have coverage

You are right Pity as they would be perfect. And it is mildly annoying that there is nothing like this with coverage in SA

Biggles wrote:

cobra wrote:have a look on their website, south africa does not have coverage

You are right Pity as they would be perfect. And it is mildly annoying that there is nothing like this with coverage in SA

Hi Biggles, if you serious in getting a second option, visit http://www.vfrplanner.co.za and view the tracker section. This is based on GSM technology and it works. Although not compatible with all mobile phones, get the junkmail, buy a Nokia N95 (maybe 800 bucks) and pay-as-you-go, R100 will last you a year+ With this combination it does not miss a beat. Rudi G flew with this combination from Plet to Springs tracking every 2 minute (see pic on site). It has an airfield directory and sms function to send your position and more...

Cheers, Sias

I will do that. Its just a pity it is GSM. You will be surprised where there is no cel reception once you are out of the usual areas... I did a precautionary on a beach up the west coast once, and with no functioning PTT, and no cel coverage I was v.happy when the engine started.