Return-Path: Received: from ddi.digital.net ([198.69.104.2]) by truman.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO203-101c) ID# 0-44819U2500L250S0) with ESMTP id AAA8711 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 16:23:54 -0500 Received: from john (max-tnt-38.digital.net [208.14.41.38]) by ddi.digital.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id QAA04063 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 16:24:11 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19981121161456.0073285c@mail.digital.net> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 16:14:56 -0500 To: lancair.list@olsusa.com From: John Cooper Subject: Theft Protection X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Some quick thoughts: 1. For an aircraft such as my L-235 with a low-budget VFR only panel, the priorities are different than for a L-IV with $60,000 in avionics installed. In my case, I will not even be locking the canopy. I would much prefer that any potential thief just go ahead and steal the $4,000 in equipment in the plane than...say...take a crowbar to my canopy to break in. 2. For you high-dollar flyers, the solution is obvious. Connect a cheap GPS to a cell phone via some voice-synthesis interface electronics. Whenever you park the aircraft, tell the GPS you are "home", and that if it senses a change in position of greater than 5 miles, it should call you on the cell-phone and tell you where it is. A poor-man's LoJack... (If any of you angels out there would like me to design such an device, please let me know, since I will be out of work soon.)