Mike, you are way out of line for your uncalled for insult to Darryl.
I would also remind you that an ADS-B transceiver was in the cockpit
of a glider involved in a recent mid-air with another glider.
Unfortunately, it didn't help. Like FLARM itself, one needs ADS-B
devices in both cockpits. In my opinion, the cheaper PowerFLARM and
1090 Mode S combination has a much better chance of being adopted than
the Navwork solution you tout.

-John

On Oct 22, 3:59 pm, Mike Schumann
wrote:
Amongst the glider pilots I fly with, glider / GA and glider / Airliner
collision risks are at least as big a concern, if not bigger than glider
/ glider. Only 10% of US pilots fly in contests, where glider / glider
collisions is obviously a very big problem.

The FAA has obviously made a HUGE mess of ADS-B. However, the ground
stations are rolling out. The Navworx ADS-B transceiver is shipping,
and could easily be interfaced to Clear Nav, See You Mobile, etc... if
we could get the soaring community to help get the parties to cooperate.
Obviously the cost of the Navworx unit is higher than we would like,
so the commercial viability of this unit in the glider world remains to
be seen.

Your dismissive attitude towards ADS-B is not helping to get vendors
interested in providing solutions for the glider community. If this is
your intent, then you are doing a great job. I hope you are getting a
nice fat commission check from the FLARM boys.

--
Mike Schumann