Mike Schumann wrote:
My point is not to try to avoid the collision, but show how big of a problem
it is when you get too close to some fast iron. It really gets to be
problematic to figure out what the best evasive maneuver is when you have a
very high closure rate.

The best solution is to try to avoid getting into this situation in the 1st
place. Having an operational transponder would be a good way to start.


Start with PCAS it's cheaper, uses less power, and helps you control
your own destiny -- if you only have room for one unit. However, the
transponder/PCAS combination gives you everything you need to avoid
the scary big fast airplanes, AND the friendly little gliders in your
own club which are the ships you are most likely to hit. If all
gliders were so equipped we would all be safer.

Stall/spin in the pattern, midair anywhere -- these are the things
that kill glider pilots.

I suspect that after a pilot has flown with PCAS for awhile and has
come to realize how much traffic there is that he was not aware of
before, that pilot will be even more likely to want the transponder, too.


Jack