All the situations described in the interview are not glider-specific, but rather general-traffic-specific. A transponder and/or ADS-B Out and ADS-B In will work better with a much bigger range in similar cases.

My opinion is that we don't need two systems in the gliders, and my great hope is in the recently started cooperation between the Flarm people and companies like uAvionix.



Speaking of which, and not wishing to side track this discussion, but I
thought this video was interesting:

https://flarm.com/learning-series-basel-flight-school/


.... its a Swiss power instructor talking about how and why he uses FLARM
and, as an instructor, why some he has a portable unit.


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