“Despite our best efforts to plan for and avoid them, accidents occur every single day, in the air, on the water, and in the great outdoors.”

    If maritime tragedy strikes, who will find you? and how?

         If your aircraft goes down, who will find you? and how?

             If you fall and break a leg in the woods, who will find you? and how?

                 If fate unexpectedly places you in harm’s way, How long will you survive?

Rescue without Personal Locator Beacons may take days or weeks. If you can't rescue yourself, your only hope for survival is your ability to access emergency outside assistance. In such a situation, an easy-to-use and reliable signaling device, such as the ARC Resqlink, is invaluable. PLBs function similarly to an aviation ELT, but they are lighter, simple to operate, and perfect for flying, hiking, boating, biking, hunting, or to include in a survival kit. Survival Aviation offers a variety of Locator Beacons from leading manufacturers. The spot 2, the latest advancement in emergency locator beacons, is now available with an optional satellite messenger service to alert friends, family, or even 911 in an emergency. With the built-in messenger function, you can communicate with family via custom message or just a pre-programmed “check in” feature. We also carry 406 MHz beacons, used to pinpoint a person’s location anywhere on the planet using the Cospas/Sarsat satellite system. When activated, it transmits a digitally coded signal on the 406MHz frequency. This signal is received by satellite and relayed to a ground station. Then calculated and sent to the US Mission Control Center. The USMCC recognizes these specially coded beacons as PLBs and transmits a distress message directly to the nearest Rescue Coordination Center.

See a video of how personal locator beacons work here.

Personal locator beacons are required by law to be registered with NOAA at

www.beaconregistration.noaa.gov. Please see our PLB Information page to get more information.