On Feb 6, 4:54 pm, Jack wrote:
Steve Hill wrote:

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I'm sure Bill's right. If you have all the approved instruments, and
certificates and the gumption to pull it off...I'm sure you can. Heck they
do in England.

[....]

Nothing wrong with your pointing out the bad parts, Steve. Ain't nothin'
bogus about safety. It should be understood that there are good parts,
too, when it's legal to soar in cloud.

There is an expressed concern throughout the community about mid-airs,
but it doesn't sound like there is any great rush to install
transponders. The internal dissembling required for an owner to avoid
installing a transponder in his ship season after season is at least as
disturbing as any newby's assumption that he can get away with flying in
cloud.

The use of TPAS and the like is a partial step in the direction of
enhanced traffic avoidance and so cheap that these units ought to be
flying off the shelves. http://www.zaonflight.com/

Cumulus http://www.soarmn.com/cumulus/zaon.htm and
Wings and Wheels http://www.wingsandwheels.com/page4.htm
offer reasonable deals on this type of equipment, and so much else.

Jack