Spotting Traffic

Paul Tomblin wrote:

Any
suggestions how to reassure her?

Upgrade to a mode-S transponder and then display the TIS information on
your moving map. The entire NY State Thruway corridor, including your home
airport, is covered by the TIS network.


--
Peter

"Peter R." wrote:

Paul Tomblin wrote:

Any
suggestions how to reassure her?

Upgrade to a mode-S transponder and then display the TIS information on
your moving map. The entire NY State Thruway corridor, including your home
airport, is covered by the TIS network.

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.

Ron Lee

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.


--
Peter

In a previous article, "Peter R." said:
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.

Not in a club plane, anyway.


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
"If Bill Gates had a dime for every time a Windows box crashed...
..... Oh, wait a minute, he already does."

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

Andrew Gideon wrote:

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

The article was titled, "Airborne Traffic Alerting: TIS Still the One to
Beat," and a sidebar titled, "Why TIS is Still a Good Bet." These articles
were in the November 2005 (volume 35, Number 11) issue of _Aviation
Consumer_.

Send me a working email address for a return gift in the form of some
random words that, if viewed under certain lighting conditions,
approximately resemble these articles, if you are interested.

pjricc @ gmail . com

--
Peter

On Wed, 31 May 2006 15:31:36 -0400, Peter R. wrote:

The article was titled, "Airborne Traffic Alerting: TIS Still the One to
Beat," and a sidebar titled, "Why TIS is Still a Good Bet." These
articles were in the November 2005 (volume 35, Number 11) issue of
_Aviation Consumer_.

Thanks. I found it:

http://www.aviationconsumer.com/issu...rt/5496-1.html

First, this mentions that ADS-B is far from deployment. But that's not
quite true, at least around here. We're located in northern NJ, which is
right at the northernmost tip of ADS-B deployment on the East Coast. So
we'd see *some* benefit from ADS-B pretty quickly.

However, there are other interesting points. There's a paragraph which
suggests, for example, that some TIS units will be "field upgradable" to
"be useable in the ADS-B traffic world". What might that mean?

The sidebar at:

http://www.aviationconsumer.com/news.../35-11-Why.pdf

discusses my concern regarding TIS: that it is a short-term solution to be
replaced by ADS-B. However, a check of:

http://www.aviationconsumer.com/news.../35-8-Mode.pdf

shows that none of the 23 airports to lose TIS in the short term are in my
immediate neighborhood (though some are w/in just a few hours flight).

Hmm.

- Andrew

Andrew Gideon wrote:

snip
discusses my concern regarding TIS: that it is a short-term solution to be
replaced by ADS-B. However, a check of:

http://www.aviationconsumer.com/news.../35-8-Mode.pdf

shows that none of the 23 airports to lose TIS in the short term are in my
immediate neighborhood (though some are w/in just a few hours flight).

Hmm.

As someone who flies a lot in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic US, I am very
happy with what TIS is currently providing me.

--
Peter