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![]() If I correctly understand the forthcoming PowerFLARM, it identifies both other gliders that have FLARM, and any aircraft that have transponders. * I would think that glider pilots will first buy it to identify transponders, and that is how we will achieve the critical mass of FLARM units in gliders. Unlike Europe, where gliders are more separated from commercial traffic, here in the USA we share airspace with commercial, military and general aviation. Our Tucson gliderport is right under an incoming airway to Tucson International Airport and we have two other nearby airports. Since installing a transponder, I now deflect most of the really heavy commercial and military traffic around me, but still have concerns about others. I nearly had a glider/glider head- on with a fellow Tucson Soaring Club member a couple of years ago and I have had close looks at a number of other planes, including a few light twins and A-10s. The only detection device that would be useful to me would alert me to powered aircraft as well as gliders, and it seems that the new PowerFLARM will do that. Whether or not it will be widely adopted at its $1,500+ price point is another question. Mike |
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