-=> Quoting David A. Beisel to ALL <=-
 DAB> I was at the Winnipeg airport last week and was watching a
 DAB> 737 land.  From the top of the rudder it w´as trailing about a
 DAB> 50 foot cable with a little parachute on the end.
 DAB> Anyone know what that was?  Maybe a low frequency antenna          ´
        Whose B737 was it?  My plans for the B-737 200 series only show a
VOR/ILS antenna on the top of the stabilizer and that's a conformal part
of the fin tip.  On the other hand, my B-727 200 series plans show a VHF 
aerial
boom there, possibly again a VOR/ILS antenna, but that's smaller than four 
feet
or so.  Seems too long a wire to be trailing around during taxi operations on
a regular basis, no telling what it might catch on.  But if the airport or
nearby facilities were undergoing routine electronics testing, it might 
warrant
a longer (better ranged) aerial than normally used.  That's my suggestion.
        Christopher
... Drop your carrier ... we have you surrounded!
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