Title:
ELT Receiver
Description:
ELTs, Emergency Locator Transmitters, convey a distress signal on a specific frequency. This receiver then detects that signal. ELTs are required to be
installed in all U.S. registered aircraft, a mandate that resulted from the 1972 airplane crash of U.S. Representative Nick Begich and Hale Boggs in Alaska. This model is still in use.
installed in all U.S. registered aircraft, a mandate that resulted from the 1972 airplane crash of U.S. Representative Nick Begich and Hale Boggs in Alaska. This model is still in use.
Collection:
Loan to Ketchikan Museums, L2020.4.18.11
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Emergency Locator Transmitters receiver
Emergency Locator Transmitters receiver