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Not so silly as it sounds... Usually we carry way
too much rubbish in the cockpit, and spend too much time playing with it. I
recently stuck my head into a brand new cockpit and found 2 x Glide computers, 2
x PDA systems, a Flarm, plus all the usual extras - the panel was full to
overflowing!
I am certain it doesn't make this
particular pilot go any faster, and I'd prefer not to fly anywhere near
him, Flarm equipped or not. You simply don't need all that stuff, and what you
do have should be as sorted as possible pre-flight.
As a further comment on Flarms, as many comp pilots
will have found, just to have it running in the background as a reminder that
you are not alone is a huge incentive to keep the lookout happening. In time the
constant warnings in gaggles will be tuned out. A couple of years ago I had a
really near miss (probably about 10 metres) with Tony Tabart at a Qld Easter
comps. Nobody's fault really, just an odd vagary of AATs caught us both out. A
Flarm would have prevented this way before it scared us half to death, so I
love mine!
BT
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