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Bargin tcas alert
About a week ago I got a small collision prevention device called
trafficscope micro. It seems to work really well in areas of congested airspace, and places I most frequent. It is not cheap ($200) but it works well for the intended purpose. The best price I got was from talking to my local retail http://www.flightessentials.net/inde...ROD&ProdID=746 I bought this after many frustrated incedents with our ATC system. There have been numerous time where I was only one of the few aircraft flying VFR at 1:00 AM in the morning dedicated to perhaps a single ATC sector, and they failed to alert me to other approaching IFR traffic. Most of the time I fly I often compete with incoming cargo flights ranging from C-310 aircraft to Merlin turbo-props. None of these aircraft have TCAS and are flying as blind as I am. I don't understand how the FAA allows such a lapse in general aviation safety, just because the hours we fly are o-dark'30. I understand that they need to scale down their staff at night, but there is no excuse for the lack of assitance I often get. However, I hear people get sports updates freduently. |
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