On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:57:47 GMT, "Mike Schumann"
wrote:

Why in the world would you leave a transponder off if you have the luxury of
having one????

Mike Schumann

"Ramy Yanetz" wrote in message
t...
Fred,

Thanks for your thoughts.
You first wrote:
The ASG 29 was transponder equipped. I did not find out yet if it was
turned on or off. If it was turned off, that might be bad news for
Hirao.
Then you wrote:
I know, he should have had
it turned on and everything else. For some reason he did not.

So did he or did he not turn on the transponder?
I suspect this confirms my finding (using TPAS) that many transponder
equipped gliders are not turned on or turned off after some time from
various reasons.

Ramy

Transponder operation is mandatory, if an operable one is installed.

See FAR 91.215 (c)