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Old October 28th 07, 06:40 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Ian
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Default Meeting to discuss FLARM in the USA

On 26 Oct, 18:18, Ramy wrote:
On Oct 26, 9:07 am, Ian wrote:
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[1] and have no intention of doing so: I'm profoundly sceptical about
a further increase in the number of things to fiddle with and focus on
inside the glider. Why not just look out?


Because your human eyes can't detect most threats on time to avoid it,
especially gliders and especially if they are comming from behind or
the side.


The pilots of these gliders should be able to see me - if they are not
busy concentrating on yet another electronic gadget in the cockpit.
Anyway, my human eyes have successfully detected /all/ threats in time
to avoid them so far. How common are midair glider collisions?


Ian