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Hi All
Those of you interested in the fitting of collision
avoidance devices such as Flarm may be interested in this article
published in AVLINKS, the QBE newsletter, if you have not already received a
copy. It is a victim of my inadequate OCR and scanning techniques but still
readable. Note the prominence given to gliders. Not surprising given our
appalling mid air accident rate compared to other forms of
aviation.
Seems the insurance industry is interested in this
technology as could be expected .
The insurance industry in Switzerland helped
finance the development of collision avoidance devices and it seems may be
reducing premiums as these units are now virtually universal there. It could be
that the cost of installing them in Australia is substantially covered
by reductions in premiums.
Let's hope the GFA takes a lead in the development
of these devices. As I understand it the GFA is opposing the use of ADS-B
technology at this stage due to expense and current drain,
Harry
ADS-B. The way toThe future?
Australia stands at the threshold of an
opportunity
to change the way we fly and share our large country's airspace for the benefit of
all.
All aircraft owners
have an opportunity to
upgrade the way we navigate and improve
on
the Mark 1 eyeball principle of 'see and
avoid',
whether we live and fly in the
outback, or
around the busy capital cities in the
'J curve'.
Regardless of the class of
aircraft we fly most of
us have caught up
with the march of
technology since the early 90's
and are using
GPS in varying degrees. It
can be used for
guidance across
featureless areas of the
i outback, to fly safely
round air traffic
boundaries, or to execute
a demanding IFR
approach to a country
airport.
As air traffic management
radars reach the
end of their useful
life, the combined ADS-B
technologies of GPS
and transponders
provide a golden
opportunity to update the
nation's air traffic
system in one stoke. This will
; give a leg up to every
aircraft owner and pilot
in Australia
improving their operational safety,
navigation and
efficiency,
We all wish to
reduce the cost of flying, making
it more available to
younger generations who
presently play with Xboxes
and Nintendos at
home instead of hanging
around airport
fences and hangars as we
did in our youth.
The
installation of appropriate ADS-B
equipment across all
classes of aircraft and
gliders will benefit all
Australians, however the
government and industry fund
it.
Why do we say that?
With the use of ADS-B, the air
traffic system can
be simpler and more cost
effective.
Past reforms in this area have
failed due to
lack of radar coverage, and the
appropriate
use of transponders in all
aircraft at country
airports where RPT aircraft
operate.
Tighter airspace boundaries can be
drawn
without relying on the flawed 'see and
avoid'
principle which needs larger margins.
All aircraft - even gliders - will be able to carry a small, light and power- miserly
ADS-B unit
which allows them to see and be seen.
This
could even reduce mid-air glider
incidents
through the use of simple display
units such as
PDA's coupled to an enhanced ADS-B
unit,
All light and
recreational aircraft could be
given a simple and effective
GPS/transponder
with the added navigation benefit of
a
moving map display when coupled to a
PDA
unit with minimal power
requirements.
Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning
Systems
(EGPWS) can be added to all IFR
aircraft at
small cost to industry, lowering the
incidence of
controlled flight into terrain (CFIT),
and its
associated costs to the
community.
ADS-B will lead to better-targeted search
and
rescue operations in our more remote
and
rugged country This could save lives
through
quicker location of downed aircraft and
faster
rescue of crew and
passengers, (continued.)
I How can this be done?
The government and Industry as a whole could
seize this
opportunity in a mature manner and support
the introduction and
fitting of appropriate ADSB uits to all
aircraft including gliders and
recreational aircraft. We would then lead the
world in air traffic
management, with increased safety and
improved navigation for
all users of Australian
airspace.
This will require joint funding from the
government and to a lesser
degree from GA.
If will
also need a mature
attitude, and consensus and
co-operation from all sectors of the
industry But once we
embrace ADS-B we will all see benefits in
each sector - be it RPT or
recreational aircraft - through added
safety.
Phil Stacy
National Claims and Technical Officer
QBE Aviation.
Member CASA
Standards Consultative Committee.
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ADS-B. The way toThe future? Australia stands at the threshold of an opportunity to change the way we fly and share our large
country's airspace for the benefit of all.
All aircraft owners have an opportunity to
upgrade the way we navigate and improve on
the Mark 1 eyeball principle of 'see and avoid',
whether we live and fly in the outback, or
around the busy capital cities in the 'J curve'.
Regardless of the class of aircraft we fly most of
us have caught up with the march of
technology since the early 90's and are using
GPS in varying degrees. It can be used for
guidance across featureless areas of the
i outback, to fly safely round air traffic
boundaries, or to execute a demanding IFR
approach to a country airport.
As air traffic management radars reach the
end of their useful life, the combined ADS-B
technologies of GPS and transponders
provide a golden opportunity to update the
nation's air traffic system in one stoke. This will
; give a leg up to every aircraft owner and pilot
in Australia improving their operational safety,
navigation and efficiency,
We all wish to reduce the cost of flying, making
it more available to younger generations who
presently play with Xboxes and Nintendos at
home instead of hanging around airport
fences and hangars as we did in our youth.
The installation of appropriate ADS-B
equipment across all classes of aircraft and
gliders will benefit all Australians, however the
government and industry fund it.
Why do we say that?
With the use of ADS-B, the air traffic system can
be simpler and more cost effective.
Past reforms in this area have failed due to
lack of radar coverage, and the appropriate
use of transponders in all aircraft at country
airports where RPT aircraft operate.
Tighter airspace boundaries can be drawn
without relying on the flawed 'see and avoid'
principle which needs larger margins.
All aircraft - even gliders - will be able to carry
a small, light and power- miserly ADS-B unit
which allows them to see and be seen. This
could even reduce mid-air glider incidents
through the use of simple display units such as
PDA's coupled to an enhanced ADS-B unit,
All light and recreational aircraft could be
given a simple and effective GPS/transponder
with the added navigation benefit of a
moving map display when coupled to a PDA
unit with minimal power requirements.
Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning Systems
(EGPWS) can be added to all IFR aircraft at
small cost to industry, lowering the incidence of
controlled flight into terrain (CFIT), and its
associated costs to the community.
ADS-B will lead to better-targeted search and
rescue operations in our more remote and
rugged country This could save lives through
quicker location of downed aircraft and faster
rescue of crew and passengers, (continued.)
I How can this be done?
The government and Industry as a whole could seize this
opportunity in a mature manner and support the introduction and
fitting of appropriate ADSB uits to all aircraft including gliders and
recreational aircraft. We would then lead the world in air traffic
management, with increased safety and improved navigation for
all users of Australian airspace.
This will require joint funding from the government and to a lesser
degree from GA.
If will also need a mature attitude, and consensus and
co-operation from all sectors of the industry But once we
embrace ADS-B we will all see benefits in each sector - be it RPT or
recreational aircraft - through added safety.
Phil Stacy
National Claims and Technical Officer
QBE Aviation.
Member CASA Standards Consultative Committee.
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