Hi Mike, Nice that the GFA are having this meeting, I offered to come and present FLARM and ADS-B from a manufacturers and a developers prospective but they didn't see it necessary. Strange seeing as I attend Airservices and CASA meetings.
Nigel The information contained in the above e-mail message or messages (which includes any attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the use of the person or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the addressee any form of disclosure, copying, modification, distribution or any action taken or omitted in reliance on the information is unauthorised. If you received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your computer system network. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Cleaver Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 11:48 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] More information on Flarm Geoff & others Given that FLARM is a topic for the GFA Seminar with the AGM this coming weekend, to be presented by the new Executive Officer John Welsh (being a retired Air Traffic Controller he has some technical knowledge of systems and separation as well as being a very experienced glider pilot), but with Pete & Mandy giving a presentation on their experiences in France as well there will be some useful discussion. However, if you want to buy one for yourself (provided a suitable operating frequency is available) then just remember caveat emptor - let the buyer beware - before a proper evaluation is done. Personally, I would prefer to wait until the research has been done, the training issues identified, and the equipment compatibility with other technologies has been developed. But I doubt that it will take very long. Wombat At 15:59 14/09/2005, you wrote: >Have just read he "Report from Friedrichshafen" by Dave Nadler in >the Sept issue of SSA Soaring. > >There he says that Flarm is a not-for-profit organisation. I was not >aware of that. > >He also says that 450 Flarms were flying at end 2004 ...... with >2600 shipped since then (I assume this is to Countries he lists below). > >Based on his advice that there are 1200 Gliders in Switzerland, 500 >in Austria and 7000 in Germany and if the above assumption is >correct, that means they have a take-up rate that may be as high as >35% in a comparatively short time. > >But WE need to evaluate whether this is worthwhile. > >I can understand that there is an issue re frequencies and Dave >mentions that as an issue for the USA, as well as Product Liability >Insurance for the US, ............ but does anyone really think that >it needs a great deal of evaluation when the Europeans pilots and >owners are voting with their wallets. > >But I guess that someone will still argue, as they did recently on >this forum, that Flarm shouldn't be adopted here because they will >promote poor lookout practice ... and double negatives. > >Save for the technical issues ............. LET'S GET ON WITH THEIR >ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION HERE, and try to save a life or 2. > >Is the GFA talking with the Insurers yet? >_______________________________________________ >Aus-soaring mailing list >[email protected] >To check or change subscription details, visit: >http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
