Ian Strachan wrote:
aircraft worldwide. A smart avionics engineer should be able to design
a special low-powered transmitter that would take an NMEA or other
output from existing GPS equipment and automatically transmit the data
on (electronic) request. This could be a practical step towards the

I'm sure most here know FLARM http://www.flarm.com/index_en.html .

While I'd not suggest it to the CAA for ATC because of it's limited
range, it is actually a step in this direction.

Regards
-Gerhard
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