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Nov 2008 E-Beacon
Welcome to the latest issue of E-beacon. Winter is descending on the northern hemisphere and it's more important than ever to consider safety when out in remote places, at sea, or in the air. McMurdo's range of emergency distress beacons are being used all over the world, as our stories reveal.
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McMurdo FastFind PLB used in light aircraft French mountain rescue
A McMurdo Fastfind Personal Locator Beacon was used to alert search and rescue authorities when a light aircraft en route to Athens from Popham in the UK made an emergency landing in June. The plane landed in a forested area 15 minutes after take-off from St Etienne in France on the third leg of their flight bound for Aix-Les- Milles in the South of France.
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McMurdo safety equipment for 16 year old solo round the world sailor
Michael Perham was just 14 years old when he first sailed across the Atlantic on a 28 foot yacht in 2006. He and his support team - aka his father - ensured he was properly equipped with McMurdo’s emergency Smartfind EPIRB and Fastfind Personal Locator Beacon. He didn’t need to use them, but he wasn't taking any chances when he set off once again to attempt to sail into the record books last weekend, hoping to become the the youngest person to sail around the world single handed, at 16 years old.
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Trans-Australia Walker and his FastFind is nearly there!
John Olsen, 57 years old, was resting up at the small dingo fence outpost of Hungerford (population about 15) on the NSW - Queensland border at the end of October after completing about 3,800 kilometres of his 4,800 kms solo long distance walk from the western most point of Australia at Steep Point WA to the eastern most point of Australia at Byron Bay NSW.
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Here’s the weather forecast for Christmas Day...
Here’s one for the Christmas list this year. Did you know that McMurdo sells the Davis range of weather instruments? As well as their award winning range of EPIRBs and PLBs for emergency location, McMurdo also sells the US-manufactured weather stations and accessories which belong to one of the world’s most popular brands.
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“I carry my Fastfind wherever I go” - Jez Hopkinson, Acrobatic Pilot and Explorer
Jez Hopkinson, who heads up the Yakovlevs Formation & Aerobatic Display Team has just returned from an exploration trip in Papua New Guinea. Jez is normally to be found performing somersaults in his Yak at public air shows, but on this trip he was doing some diving as well.
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Adams Aviation supports Microlight flight to India
Adam’s Aviation, one of McMurdo’s UK suppliers of McMurdo emergency distress beacons, has donated a FastFind MAX G Personal Location Beacon to Deepak Mahajan who is planning on flying a microlight aircraft from the UK to Bombay (Mumbai) in India.
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McMurdo appoints new distributor for Spain
McMurdo, a leading supplier of emergency distress beacons and safety equipment has appointed Garmin Iberia to handle distribution for the UK manufacturer throughout Spain.
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McMurdo at Ft Lauderdale
McMurdo exhibited at the Ft Lauderdale Boat Show in Florida USA at the end of October. In conjunction with their key US distributor Revere Supply Inc, McMurdo exhibited their full range of products.
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