Pilots with weakening vision - please install Powerflarm

On Tuesday, July 9, 2013 8:00:49 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Tuesday, July 9, 2013 9:20:38 AM UTC-5, GC wrote:

On Saturday, July 6, 2013 6:48:32 PM UTC+1, son_of_flubber wrote:







I understand that you want to fly for a few more years.







Please install Powerflarm (so that I can see you coming). You can



turn the volume down. You don't have to learn how to use it.







I understand that you're more scared of dying than I am. I don't have



Flarm so keep a really good lookout.







In all age rugby, players over a certain age have patches on their



shorts so the 80-year-olds don't get tackled as hard. In the same



spirit, I've painted a small pirate-style eye patch below my cockpit to



give you fair warning. Watch out for it!







GC



That's really funny GC - until you are being warned by PFlarm of a target heading right at you that you had no idea was there. Your lookout is just not good enough and at your age (I honestly have no idea) you probably cannot turn your head far enough to see what's going on behind you.

I'm also really weary of people not afraid of dying...

Herb

Funny though, the risk averse society we have become.

Your risk of dying in a car accident on the drive to the airport is far greater than a glider-glider midair, and yes, you can do something about it: It has been proven that you are far more likely to survive an automobile accident wearing a crash helmet. And given that your hours of exposure in a car are many times greater than in a glider, wearing a crash helmet anytime you drive would have an even greater effect on your life expectancy.

And so my question is, how many PowerFlarm users bought a crash helmet for the car first? It is more effective and at the same time much cheaper and easier to use.