>>Under 6.2.1 minimum equipment in aircraft gliders are exempt from. having >>xponders in E space although I believe gliders in E space should at least >>monitor the area frequently. Dual watch radios are great for this.
They're a great way of knowing that someone is out there, but seldom who. I have lost count of the GA and RA aircraft who call up on some CTAF frequency and fail to wait long enough for the area or aerodrome name to transmit and then leave it off the end. I cannot understand why "Traffic Temora" was swapped for "Temora traffic" because you are lucky most times to get the "... traffic". Then they proceed to give you their life story… and then omit the place name at the end. There's also a peculiar back of the mount croak voice, commonly used by teenage girls, which is coming into GA aircraft speak. The odd thing is that if and when one croaky pilot recognises another, they can then hold a conversation in a normal tone and speed of voice which is entirely intelligible. I guess compulsory use of transponders would mean this annoyance would go away. Maybe a great idea! D _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
