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Old July 26th 12, 12:22 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
John Trezise
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Default British glider midair

On Jul 25, 11:14*am, Darryl Ramm wrote:
And if I was religious I'd thank God G made it out OK.

Darryl


Having with at a "flarm mandatory" club for over 4 years, my view is
that flarm is of little use where there are a significant number of
gliders in a gaggle (ie contest/regatta situation) as the alarms are
set of very frequently, but there is not the time to identify whether
the cause is the glider you can see or someone else. All you can
really do is ignore the alarms and keep your head well and truly out
of the cockpit. From the video, the situation at Cambridge appears
show a large number of gliders, reasonably low on a blue day have
found a number of cores which are pretty close together. Flarm is
great out on track to make you aware of traffic in the area.

John