On Aug 31, 7:26*pm, Tom Claffey wrote:
Flarm has been mandatory in Australia for at least the last 3 years in
National and regional comps. There has been no mid-airs in comps in that
time. There were on average probably one ore a little more mid-airs a year
before that.
It won't stop them all, I nearly got cleaned up by an inexperienced Pilot
this year but at least I knew he was there and I took avoiding action.
The last WGC in Hungary had about 70% Flarm, I reckon the guys without it
[on purpose for "tactical" reasons] were idiots!!
Initially the units were $500, now still under $1000 and can be linked to
maps etc. Towplanes have them too!
You guys in the US really should get on board! Whatever frequency your
government will allow should be able to be programmed in both Euroflarm
and Ozflarm.
I am seriously considering if I will fly in Uvalde or any further WGC
without mandatory Flarm.
Tom Claffey

The issue in the USA has really not been willingness to adopt Flarm
Technology amongst pilots. Flarm has not had product available for
sale in the USA. Likely for multiple reasons, including concern about
liability and the need for FCC approval which is a bit tougher than
many other countries. The choice of the actual frequncy to be used has
been done for years (and your Flarm units will probalby tune to that
frequncy if you brought them here). The first chance for USA pilots to
adopt this technology will be the upcoming PowerFLARM product.

I am not surprised at all to see Australia leading with technology
adoption(*), but the situation in the USA is a bit more complex with
more issues than airliner and GA traffic issues. That maybe makes the
PowerFLARM with 1090ES data-in/PCAS maybe even more interesting here,
but at a higher price than the older Flarm units.

Darryl
(* I am an Australian).