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Old May 8th 15, 02:26 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 3:15:06 PM UTC-4, Benedict Smith wrote:
The Vulcan bomber is installing PF this spring and the RAF
BBMF
have installed it in all their aircraft.


Is this to avoid transponder-less gliders or are they installing PF to avoid collision with other bombers in close formation flying? I wonder what sorts of testing they did.