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Glider Crash - Minden?
Eric Greenwell wrote:
Does anyone have an idea what percentage of the VFR airplanes carry a transponder detector, including the low cost units? I'd guess a majority of them do, but I haven't seen any numbers. If so, then a transponder would help you avoid (indirectly, since they would be doing the actual "avoiding") the majority of VFR traffic. Locally, two gliders have PCAS/transponders, 2 have transponders only, 1 has PCAS only, and two have neither. Of course, we all have radios and track each other that way. I don't remember reading any stats on xpndr detector usage. AOPA may have something. I expect usage will climb steadily from where it has been. I'm the only one I know with a PCAS unit (no transponder, yet), but I have not conducted a survey of glider pilots in our club. I should do so. Jack |
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Glider Crash - Minden?
Mike Schumann wrote:
It's really too bad that the FAA is phasing out TIS. I suspect that almost everyone who is buying or upgrading to a glass cockpit or even a Garman 430 / 530 would have taken a really hard look at springing the extra $3-4K for a Mode S transponder to get the traffic info. I have TIS. Yes it is a shame that the FAA is phasing it out and the reaonsing is stupid but intelligence has never been in high supply at the FAA to begin with. If it were we would have been transitioning to ADS-B 20 years ago rather than crap technology like TCAS. |
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