On Apr 2, 8:23 am, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
The Hawker 800XP airplane he collided with was
significantly damaged but was able to land safely
at Reno-Tahoe International Airport.

Epic fail for this reporter: They landed at Carson City (CXP), not
RNO.

Fails, earlier than that as well, the title is "... glider-jet
collision*s*". For those 80% or people who scan the title vs. the 20%
who read the article. That sloppiness is depressing.

Joe and Mary Public are going to have a hard time with glider pilots
complaining about a few $k cost to install transponders in gliders
given the context of this story. Give up now, there is no way to win
any public battle based on cost or inconvenience to pilots. If you
don't like the idea of transponders not responding to media questions
would likely be more productive.

Even the technical arguments about power are undercut in this story
since that's the claim as to why the tranponder was turned off in the
ASG-29. "gee glider pilots want the FAA to let them keep doing what
the glider that hit those innocent people in the Jet was doing?" Now
that has been "established" by the media and if that part of the story
lives on any public discussions about power issues with transponders
is going to also look terrible.


Darryl