I'm not so sure it is worth much as parts, except possibly on the black market. I believe the aircraft industry is big on tracking every part, cradle to grave. After all an under spec bolt can cause a very expensive crash.
YMMV, -John ================== > In retrospect it is kind of crazy that fleet owners will put tracking > devices on $100K semi trucks and cranes yet $100 million aircraft have to > rely upon 60 year old technology (Transponders) and ACARS to keep track of > them. I don't question the utility of TCAS and Transponders, it is just > the issue of not tracking such a valuable asset that is kind of crazy. Can > you imagine how much an aircraft like that is worth in spare parts alone? > -on the world market. If I were an insurer I would be asking questions of > the industry. > > "Orbcomm is kind of troublesome. > > There is a tracking service used mostly by helicopters, which of course > are notorious for falling off the radar due to low altitude. It is > Iridium based. > >> http://us.spidertracks.com/ > > I've used or have know users various satellite messaging services over > the years. Iridium is good. I was a Globcomm customer, but it was not > reliable. A friend was on Orbcomm and it had issues as well. " > > -- > Joe Leikhim > > > Leikhim and Associates > > Communications Consultants > > Oviedo, Florida > > [email protected] > > 407-982-0446 > > WWW.LEIKHIM.COM > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
