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Old June 11th 13, 05:21 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dan Marotta
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Default PowerFlarm at Region 9 Contest

Yes, but you can't get out of the way of an airliner - you're a stationary
target at his speed. And, if you have a Flarm only and not a transponder,
the airliner won't see you.


"jfitch" wrote in message
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On Monday, June 10, 2013 8:53:21 AM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
Neither Flarm nor

transponder will protect against VFR aircraft not in contact with ATC.
PCAS

might work for that, however.




I was under the impression that PowerFlarm (not Flarm) did that since it
receives Mode C replies. Is that not the case?