The turbine airliners already have TCAS.
If you have a Mode C transponder you will show up
even if not in ground based radar coverage as the
TCAS will trigger your transponder.
If you are in these areas where airliners are
operating in Class G it would be a good idea to
fit a transponder. Make sure it is a Mode S that
is ADSB ready. I've no commercial interest in
Trig but their transponder seems to be a good one.
It was interesting flying in to Wellcamp
yesterday afternoon in the Dash 8 from Sydney.
There could easily have been gliders around as
the day was quite good and we arrived at 1525
local. Also interesting was flying straight over
Pittsworth to intercept the instrument
arrival procedure from the west. The airliners
aren't necessarily going to be right in the
proximity of the airfield at lowish altitudes( we
were well below cloudbase at this time) and it is
a good idea to become familiar with the approach
and departure paths the airliners are
likely to take.
I briefed the then GFA President about this and
ADSB around 2 1/2 years ago suggesting that it be
recommended strongly that gliders flying in
certain areas fit Mode S transponders in new
installations (they also do Mode C) so as to be
visible on TCAS currently and be
ADSB ready in the future. I got some blather
about how the bloke with the $4000 K6 wasn't going to do this.
Mike
At 09:06 AM 3/1/2016, you wrote:
Here is the ATSB log entry:
<http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2016/aair/ao-2016-015/>http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2016/aair/ao-2016-015/
With map.
At the time when Mark made the offer to REX only
ozFlarm/miniOz was available - not TSO'd; most
likely the reason why REX et al "didn't take them on board".
Now it falls back to someone to lobby Power
Flarm. Should the GFA's airspace delegates be part of that?
And for the near miss:
Glider:
Would be nice to know what frequency the glider
had dialed in. Was the pilot monitoring the area
frequency / local CTAF? Dual watch radio? (if not, why not?)
SAAB:
Not really best practice but: there are some
pilots that reckon a radio call is all that is
required to maintain safe separation.(good
reason to monitor CTAF / AERA when flying a glider).
Operating IFR in class G and E. Not looking out
in VFR conditions: not a good idea?!
What was each SAAB pilot doing? Was one updating
Twitter/Facebook instead of keeping a lookout?
Did the glider appear just like that famous mountain goat in the clouds?
There is too much ambiguity in regards to what
the current belief is in regards to radio
procedures for recreational flyers - that includes gliders.
There is a big problem with aircraft operating
IFR in Class G (and operating in Class E without transponder).
Would be nice to get all this sorted out without further endangerment to life.
The glider will most likely have a IGC trace;
will we be able to look at the glider and SAAB trace?
Lucky for everyone: no one got hurt. Lucky for
us: the outcome of this investigation should be
open to the public. We could learn from this..
On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Richard Frawley
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
a good reason for all gliders operating close to
RPT airports to have ADSB feed into the flarm display.
This is low cost insurance to avoid perhaps less
than accurate and somewhat potentially over
amplified reporting if nothing else.
ADSB traffic due to its much higher transmission
power can be readily seen from >50km away.
I agree with Mark, all REX and other RPT
aircraft operating from âcountry airstripsâ
should be fitted with Powerflarm. I suspect,
there are now very few cross country gliders now
that are not fitted with Flarm.
At least if we take the steps to be able to see
them, we can been seen as proactive in that
regard, which could force REX to also take action as Mark suggests.
On 1 Mar 2016, at 7:31 AM, Christopher
McDonnell <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
<https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/rex-saab-340-in-near-miss-with-glider-422487/>https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/rex-saab-340-in-near-miss-with-glider-422487/
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