On Jan 26, 5:06*pm, T8 wrote:
On Jan 26, 5:39*pm, Sean Fidler wrote:

Evan,

That is all you can do. *Your unit will be here in the spring. *That is intelligent.

FLARM is proven in Europe. *There is no question that it fundamentally improves safety in very much the same way that GPS improved navigation and radio's improved communication. *No need to wait until 2013 for measurement.

I completely disagree with you that US operations have no earthly reason to use FLARM. *I find that statement embarrassing for soaring. *All it takes is once. *All it takes is one glider and one tow plane. *All it takes is one glider and one airplane flying by the airport. *Should they not have radio's? *Should the not have parachutes? *Safety paint?

Maybe I wasn't clear -- what I took exception to was the idea of
mandating Flarm in a sparse, relatively isolated club environment,
giving the example of a club with 20 ops/day. *Indeed, there are nordo
gliders, and still a fair amount of nordo power traffic (antiques) in
such places. *I'm not defending this, merely pointing out that some
folks choose to do it this way still.

In areas of high traffic -- contests especially -- I am enthusiastic
about Flarm and hope to see it widely if not universally adopted.

-Evan Ludeman / T8

Evan, we lost a glider pilot and tow pilot just couple of years ago
in a pattern over a private strip belonging to a club with less than
20 ops per day. IIRC, this was the only op that day. To those who
insist they don't need powerflarm where they fly, I can only ask one
thing, please stay away from where I fly...

Ramy