AOPA Counters Expensive ELT Proposal from Congress

The AOPA says it recently "countered a quiet attempt to have Congress require new $2,500 Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) on general aviation aircraft." According to the Frederick, MD-based lobby group, Litton Industries began pushing for legislation mandating its new, 406-MHz ELTs in the wake of the crash of John F. Kennedy Jr'.s airplane. AOPA president Phil Boyer says all ELTs could be rendered obsolete if ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast) development proceeds as expected.

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