I think it will happen one day - I think it is inevitable. But I also
think it is 20 years away. That might be pessimistic, but in other
ways it is also very optimistic :-)
FLARM has not been around long enough to have statistics to prove the
safety - therefore it is all predictions. It is a shame but that is
the way of life - we have to make a guess (albeit educated) then get
the stats.
However - it is statistics that show that most inflight glider
accidents are glider to glider - not other aircraft.
But we really need to squash this myth that you must have all
aircraft with them before there is increased safety. I am not sure
how that started but it is HIGHLY incorrect ! By all account it makes
no sense, statistically or logically. Every extra aircraft to have a
FLARM (flying in the same area of course) increases safety. Having
all would of course be a dream come true - but don't hold your
breath. Some gliders still don't carry radio and we know that adds to
safety. We will have aircraft in the skys for a long time without a
common collision avoidance - but it will be within most of our lives
that I think we will see that change :-)
Scott
On 08/11/2006, at 20:24, Stuart & Kerri FERGUSON wrote:
I am not knocking FLARM but to be truly effective there has to be
an across
the board acceptance by all G and E airspace users to a common
standard of
electronic position sharing. I live in hope.
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