I just spotted this 5 page article on signal mirrors (seems to be from last month).

How to Use a Signal Mirror at howstuffworks.com

This is a quite comprehensive article - very well researched. They cite a few signal mirror success stories that I had not located, and give lots of references.

When you are reading the article, click on the links in the article text for more details.

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Signal Mirror Resources from rafowell

- Thanks to YouTube's update, my YouTube signal mirror videos are better organized.

- Some of my previous articles on signal mirrors:

• Why you want a retroreflective signal mirror aimer
  
• SIgnal Mirror Rescues in the News
• Regulations requiring ships and planes to carry signal mirrors
• The History of Signal Mirrors in WW2
  
• Signal Mirror Successes in the Vietnam War
  
• BCB "Mayday Mirror" vs. AMK "mini"
• Military Use of Signal Mirrors at Air Shows
  
  Two of my more popular signal mirror movies:
  
  My Mirror flash demo video
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwCbgQGmID4
  
  
  WWII double-sided signal mirror film I paid to have digitized for YouTube:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmnRrCVBaP0
  
  

Signal Mirror Resources from Doug Ritter, Founder/Editor of ETS

• WARNING: Phony Glass Signal Mirrors
• Using the Rescue Flash(tm) SIgnal Mirror ( An excellent tutorial for mesh-grid mirror aimers)
• UST Resumes Shipping StarFlash Ultra
• Doug's earlier article on signal mirrors
  

Survival Instructors on Signal Mirrors

• Peter Kummerfeldt (12-yr, Survival Training Director at the USAF Academy)
• Cody Lundin (instructor, author, TV survival show)
• John D. McCann (instructor, author)