On 2/02/2015 10:45 a.m., Larry Dighera wrote:


Tragic indeed. Those accident reports sure do point out the limitations of
see-and-avoid.

And drone manufacturers in the US are insisting that the FAA permit them to
intermingle their products with airline traffic within the National Airspace
System WITHOUT being equipped with sense-and-avoid technology. It boggles the
mind....

Yup.
When you look at the size of a drone compared to the size of a C150..
Will it be necessary to equip light aircraft with a proximity RADAR system ?
Not so much for airport traffic but ag flying, gliding and general
aviation..