Why no "situational awareness" (collision avoidance) apps forcell phones?
On Monday, May 7, 2018 at 10:03:47 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 9:42:40 AM UTC-4, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
What are you using for data to come up with your "conclusion" that "the collision odds with be about the same"? Let me guess, no data, just a feeling?
Geez I didn't research the numbers but I'm pretty certain mid air collision rates in Region 1 haven't changed post Flarm. Thus collision odds are about the same. This ain't the Alps. But I have a question about soaring in the Alps, how do you guys miss the masses of nonbeeping paragliders?
Hmmmmmm.... I don't recall we've ever had a glider mid air in R1. One of the reasons I love it here is that the sky is still big.
However, guys I know personally have been involved in 7 glider midairs I can recall in one minute's reflection. Only a few of those are in the NTSB database. Most of those guys are still flying and (not surprisingly) all of them were early adopters of PowerFlarm.
Paragliders are essentially stationary and easier to see than sailplanes. You can equip a paraglider with flarm too.
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