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SM County Pilot 'Hears' Wreck - 25 January 1974

SanMateoTimes-1974Jan25.pdf
Newspaper article printed 25 January 1974 in the San Mateo Times.

Mateo C.A.P. Squads Take Part in Test - 3 July 1972

SanMateoTimes-1972Jul3.pdf
Newspaper article printed 3 July 1972 in the San Mateo Times.

New Locator Beacon Saves Four in Plane Crash - 1 June 1971

SanMateoTimes-1971Jun1.pdf
Newspaper article printed 1 June 1971 in the San Mateo Times.

New Technique to Locate Planes - 28 October 1976

SanMateoTimes-1976Oct28.pdf
Newspaper article published 28 October 1976 in the San Mateo Times.

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To find a missing plane...they just sight on dotted line - 26 May 1977

SFExaminer-1977May26.pdf
Newspaper article (with photo) published 26 May 1977 in The San Francisco Examiner.

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Rescue - 15 March 1987

DailyBreeze-1987Mar15.pdf
Newspaper article published 15 March 1987 in The Daily Breeze.

Technology helps searchers be rescuers - 25 October 1978

SBCoSun-1978Oct25.pdf
Newspaper article published 25 October 1978 in The San Bernardino Sun.

Pair dies in one of two Ramona area air crashes - 26 April 1978

TimesAdvocate-Escondido-1978Apr26.pdf
Newspaper article (with photo) published 26 April 1978 in the Times-Advocate.

Downed Aircraft Locator Tests Continuing Today - 16 November 1968

RedBluffDailyNews-1968Nov16.pdf
Newspaper article (with photo) published 16 November 1968 in the Red Bluff Daily News.

Civil Air Patrol Leadership on Development and Implementation of Emergency Locator Beacons and the COSPAS-SARSAT System 1970-1998

Report-Development of ELT Beacons.pdf
Report on the development and implementation of of ELTs. Written 5 August 2020. Written by Col James Bigelow, CAP (Ret.). 42 pages.