Kindly explain to me how Flarm or Power Flarm prevented someone from
flying into wires. Do they mount them on the towers on either side of
the flight path? I flew at Nephi last week (in a Flarm-equipped ship)
and saw and heard *nothing*. Does that mean there were no other gliders
nearby?

Those making the most stringent arguments for Flarm seem only to
denigrate the intelligence of those who choose not to use it while, on
other threads, complain about such things as antennae placement, blind
spots (below and behind), software, displays, false alerts, no alerts,
etc. I'll bet they also drive hybrid cars and lobby for wind energy and
against nuclear energy.

And as to buying unfinished technology - who actually believes he can
beat Kawa by buying an ASG-29 or a JS-1?

Dan Marotta

On 8/5/2014 10:46 PM, J. Nieuwenhuize wrote:
Op woensdag 6 augustus 2014 06:03:21 UTC+2 schreef Ramy:
As for statistics, I believe there is enough statistics that showing that the number of mid airs were reduced drastically since Flarm was introduced. The Flarm folks have the statistics and keep track of midairs. Wish they would chime in.

Last time I checked the numbers for the busy Alps it came to about a factor of 8 less deaths due to mid-airs and flight into wires.

8 TIMES, not percent. That's dozens of lives over the last decade...

Until you fly with (Power)flarm you're simply not aware how much traffic you do not see.

IMHO, those arguing against FLARM suffer from the same cognitive dissonance we see in people arguing against seat belts or medicines that can save lives...