At 05:53 15 December 2008, wrote:
For the Minden/Air Sailing area...get the transponder. All you have
to do in monitor the Reno approach frequency while you are flying with
the transponder on and you will be impressed with how much effort the
air traffic controllers put in to diverting traffic away from you.

For a mear $500 more, you should have the PDT also.

Now you are a full participant in the air traffic control system!!!

Guy Acheson "DDS"


If you only have a transponder detector it will be like wearing an
invisibilty cloak - you will know where 'they' are, but they won't see
you. Hardly seems fair, does it?

The mid-airs (or major scary moments, if you're lucky) will become
interactions between people who are relying on detectors, but don't
themselves have a xpdr.

Similarly in Europe (and other non-US gliding places), Flarm is gaining
popularity, however, until it is mandatory one can only detect a
relatively small percentage of gliders ( i.e. other Flarm equipped
gliders) and never detect power traffic.