From: "Geoff Kidd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I haven't bought one (yet) as they are just nose ballast unless a
reasonable
proportion of others have them.
Bernard's point is correct. If there aren't a good number fitted they will
not help.
But I still say that the GFA should consider taking a leadership role to
progress this vital safety issue
Well, I think this is hardly "vital" since we're all happily going to go
back to flying without FLARM or ADSB or TCAS this weekend and next and next
month and in fact the whole next season after we've all beaten our gums
about this for a week or so - and the odds are that no collision will take
place becasue the sky in Oz is REALLY, REALLY BIG.
I'm also philosophically against it. Australian gliding has a long record
of relying on some official institution to make us do things "for our own
good". I don't like it much. If it's worth doing, it's worth clubs and
club members deciding to do it for themselves. Over time, the major
collision risk has to be in and near the circuit/training areas of fairly
busy clubs. DDSC, ASC, Bacchus Marsh and so on. It might be a good
starting point to see if any of those clubs think it worth the cost of
fitting their training fleets with FLARM. If they do and it's seen as
valuable, a lot of their private owners will follow.
FLARM's website says it has sold 450 of them. The threat in the Alps is so
obvious that it seems no official encouragement was needed to sell them and
certainly no compulsion. The first buyers, I gather, were simply groups of
club members and clubs themselves fitting them to their fleet.
... as indeed the NZ Association appears to be doing from John Roake's
email.
Hmmm. Maybe. Since all gliders in NZ already have transponders, I think
it's unlikely - but you never know.
Or a group of like minded pilots should just band together and go for it
...
maybe on a package price if such a thing is available.
That's more like it. I'll be in it.
Graeme Cant
Geoff
----- Original Message ----- From: "Graeme Cant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: [Aus-soaring] FLARM
>From: "Geoff Kidd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I made a short movie to show how the new FLARM display works :
http://depechy.free.fr/flarm/FLARM_Rennes_050527.wmv
Geoff
Geoff,
How much did your new FLARM uniit cost you and when are you taking
delivery?
Graeme Cant
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