Airplane pilots don't bother looking out...

I have both a PCAS and a transponder in my glider. This Saturday I was glad
I had both. The PCAS alerted me to a small GA aricraft near me that I had
not previously seen. A little later I saw an airliner divert away from my
flight path. I was flying in the airspace between Denver and Colorado
Springs.

I'm glad I have both.

John

Say we all had transponders in our gliders. Could we see where other
gliders are circling on our TCAS? If, so would that help take you to
the next thermal?

Am 26.07.2010 23:44, Scott Alexander wrote:
Say we all had transponders in our gliders. Could we see where other
gliders are circling on our TCAS? If, so would that help take you to
the next thermal?

I can't tell about transponders and TCAS, but here in Europe where the
majority of the XC ships are equipped with FLARM, the information from
the FLARM devices is used for exactly that purpose.

On my Butterfly display I see all gliders that send FLARM signals, and I
can scroll through the targets to get information about dictance,
relative height and lift/sink rate for each target. Great tool for XC
soaring. Check out the display here
http://www.butterflyavionics.com/con...mid=76&lang=de

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Peter Scholz
ASW 24 JE