The uk aaib accident report is here http://www.aaib.gov.uk/publications/formal_reports/5_2010_g_byxr_and_g_ckht.cfm
Safety recommendation 10 asks the CAA to revisit looking into electronic alerted see and avoid. The previous attempt had ruled out Flarm without looking in to it at all. They recommended Mode S transponders for all including paragliders etc, which after full review was shown not to be feasible. So they did nothing. If you read the report, you will understand busy airspace. We don't have anything remotely close to this here. I have seen elsewhere a view that as Flarm is the only technology that would work today in uk uncontrolled air space that this is what the aaib are recommending. Hence my comments to macca. As to Flarm in general, there is nothing to prevent any ony building a receiver and getting position and vector data without having a Flarm chip. So you can have a fully TSO unit without needing to purchase a proprietary chip from Flarm. You just won't have the glider specific alarm. A hybrid system would make most sense. But I'm just not convinced we need anything. We have no busy airspace at all except at a gliding comp On Tuesday, November 30, 2010, Ian Mc Phee <mrsoar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Matt Gauge from UK (who is at Keepit comps now) reported of mid air between > glider and powered aircraft and UK CAA or their safety people recommend the > use of FLARM in all aircraft!!!!- Perhaps it is worth looking into - will ask > Matt today for more details > > Ian McPhee > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
