On 21 Dec, 16:11, "Bert Willing"
wrote:

"Ian" wrote in message

...

On 21 Dec, 10:35, Cats wrote:

I also find the radio useful to listen for downwind calls, along with
the communication from launchpoint to winch. That's all we hear on
our ground frequency so it's not a lot and it's useful (to me). I
also like to have the vario on as whilst sink & lift can be obvious
(10 down certainly is!), it points it out very clearly and helps me
adjust the circuit to suit. A lot of my worst circuits have been
flown without the audio vario.

As I wrote, " ... final approach ..."

I had a buddy who was killed in his sailplane when he was hit by a powered
plane while on final (the 3 people in the plane died even faster).

That's very sad.

However, like all individual cases, it doesn't really add much
evidence. Some might say that it shows how important it is to have a
radio on. Some might say it shows how important it is not to be
distracted by a vario ... or radio.

Ian