Spotting Traffic

On Tue, 02 May 2006 08:17:26 -0400, Peter R. wrote:

Ron Lee wrote:

That assumes that this system will be around a while. Seems like it or
something like it is not long for this world so buying equipment to use
it may not be worth it.

The authors of _Aviation Consumer_ seem to disagree but no matter; I don't
really expect Paul to take my suggestion seriously anyway.

Where did AC write that TIS will be around for a while? It seems like the
Next Big Thing for traffic is ADS-B.

We're bouncing this around for our club aircraft now. TIS has wider
coverage today, but we're concerned about its longevity.

If we'd a failed transponder, the incremental cost for a mode S
transponder would be small enough that we'd do it. But to throw out a
perfectly good mode C transponder for something that will be replaced in a
relatively short time seems inefficient.

- Andrew