Tag: technology

Everybody has heard the story of the boy that cried wolf.In Search and Rescue, we have a very similar situation involving ELTs (Emergency Locator Transmitters).The ELT is a excellent device designed to provide a timely response to a critical, potentially life-threatening, situation.But most ELT activations are false alarms, whereas many actual emergencies lead to no activation of the ELT.As backward as this may seem, it's true...

Conventional gas turbine jet engines, such as the turbofan, have been around for years.They electricity almost all commercial aircraft and are extremely reliable.Each time you board a commercial aircraft, this technology is providing safe and effective ability to get you to your destination.A gas turbine engine varies greatly in design from the motor in your car.Air enters the front of the engine via the fan section, which runs on the N1 or low-pressure shaft...