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Old August 5th 14, 05:13 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Ramy[_2_]
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Default Another mid-air (UK)

On Monday, August 4, 2014 1:35:58 PM UTC-7, John Galloway wrote:
It has often been hypothesised that FLARM might cause

complacency but no study has found evidence of that. I would

be interested to hear from pilots who who have found that FLARM

use has made them complacent about look out.



John Galloway


Since I started flying with powerflarm I find myself searching for every traffic that it displays, which results in more searching and scanning than before. The problem with scanning for traffic is not that we dont scan because our head is in the cockpit, but it is because we forget to scan and we tend to fixate at the horizon, or above the horizon usually at the clouds ahead. Powerflarm reminds me to keep looking for traffic.

Ramy