(USA) NTSB issues recommendations to the FAA and the SSA regarding transponder use in gliders

I think that this is a great idea. Rob Strain at MITRE would be a key
player to get on board with getting something like this organized.

Mike Schumann

"Marc Ramsey" wrote in message
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Mike Schumann wrote:
There are obviously some challenges in getting this commercialized. The
biggest challenge is to get the FAA to accept the notion that there
should be a VFR only version of ADS-B that is designed to be cost
effective, and does not provide the accuracy and reliability levels
needed for parallel instrument approaches in Class B airspace.

My gut instinct (I don't have any experience dealing with the FAA) is
that we can get the FAA to provide a mechanism so that this type of
device can be sold commercially at a ~$1K price point. Politically, it
would help a lot of the SSA, AOPA, and the EAA took the position that
universal deployment would be acceptable, if equipment was available to
the GA community at this price point.

I sent the following comment out to various parties back in February, as a
response to a proposal by a manufacturer to build 25 of the MITRE designed
UAT transmitters for research and development purposes:

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What if there was a highly publicized proposal by the SSA, USHPA, EAA,
AOPA, etc., to test these transmitters in a high traffic density area with
UAT ground station coverage (say Maryland or Virginia) in a range of sport
aircraft including hang gliders, ultralights, LSAs, sailplanes,
Cubs/Champs, etc.? It might encourage the FAA to address the VFR-only
issue in the near term...
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The intent is to get the ball rolling. If you think this might be useful,
contact me, I'd like to get enough of a working group together to insure
that the proposal actually happens...

Marc



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