*"We have no busy airspace at all except at a gliding comp"* Flown out of Caboolture lately?
Kevin Roden On 30 November 2010 13:09, Matt Gage <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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