wrote:
You left out the integrated GPS interface to your Bluetooth logger for
geo-locating each shot, and the integrated cell phone to call you with
that location when it falls off the wing...

Wouldn't you just use an ELT (Equipment Locator Beacon) or PLB
(Photographic Locator Beacon) for that purpose? Hmmm, maybe a logger
with a camera in it, so it supplies a picture of the pilot that is
flying the glider, and of the glider itself, so we won't need official
observers anymore?

Actually, I think my requirements for a cockpit camera are few, mainly a
wide angle lens for better scenery pictures, and an LCD that is
practical for aiming the camera at another glider in flight. I think
that feature will make it air-to-air pictures easier and safer.

The externally mounted camera has different requirements, and the
biggest one is that it doesn't turn itself off. My old 35 mm SLR cameras
didn't do that, but it's become a common feature in "consumer" cameras,
even in film cameras before digital became common. I'm not dedicated
enough to buy one of the expensive, large, heavy, professional cameras
that pilots like Chris Woods use, so I'm hoping there is compromise out
there somewhere.

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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA