Beacon
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- OBJECT TYPE
- EMERGENCY LOCATOR/AIRCRAFT
- DATE
- 1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1989.0448.001
- MANUFACTURER
- GARRETT MFG. LTD.
- MODEL
- RESCU 88C
- LOCATION
- Rexdale, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 30C 3288
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING, ANTENNA, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 37.0 cm
- Width
- 6.1 cm
- Height
- 4.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Communications
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- GARRETT
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Rexdale
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
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EMERGENCY LOCATOR BEACON CARRIED BY AIRCRAFT OR INDIVIDUAL ON GROUND IN ISOLATED LOCATION. WHEN ACTIVATED, IT TRANSMITS SIGNAL TO ORBITING SATELLITE; SIGNAL IS RELAYED TO GROUND TERMINAL WHICH LOCATES & IDENTIFIES SIGNALING BEACON, & APPROPRIATE SEARCH & RESCUE AUTHORITIES ARE THEN NOTIFIED. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK & WHITE LABEL READING "EMERGENCY LOCATOR/ TRANSMITTER/ MODEL/ RESCU 88C/ PART NO. 627934-3/ SERIES 2/ SERIAL NO. 030C 3288/ FREQ. 121.5 & 243.0 Mhz/ DOC 214473001 F/ RSS 147 155 3/ TYPE 'F' ELT/ WEIGHT 1.2 LB./ GARRETT/ MANUFACTURING/ LIMITED/ 255 ATTWELL DRIVE/ REXDALE, ONTARIO CANADA"/ BLACK & WHITE LABEL WITH OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS ON BACK/ WHITE LABEL WITH PARTIALLY ILLEGIBLE BLACK LETTERING READING "MAR 14 1980?" ON FRONT/ WHITELABEL WITH BLACK LETTERING READING "SAR00102" ON FRONT
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- GLOSSY WHITE PAINTED CASING/ PLATED PARTS/ BROWN & BLACK SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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GARRETT MFG. LTD., Beacon, circa 1980, Artifact no. 1989.0448, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1989.0448.001/
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