Replace "Would" with "Could" and I'll agree with you. I seem to remember that one person on this list decided that they "would" be safer if they fitted a flarm to their aircraft. They forgot that the other aircraft needs to be fitted with a flarm to. Flawed logic!
That said a better system would appear to be a compromise with similar systems being used across GA, RAAus and Gliding, good luck with that! -----Original Message----- From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Peter Stephenson (Internode) Sent: Sunday, 29 April 2012 5:48 PM To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Mid Air collision risk Having been involved with two near hits in the last 10 years, both of which would have been prevented by a Flarm, it seems bloody stupid not have a 750 Euro unit not installed in *every* aircraft. PeterS On 22/04/2012 12:29 PM, S Smith wrote: > Greetings > > If you look in the following database, > > http://aviation-safety.net/index.php > > which is a wiki and lists aircraft crashes around the world back to > 1920's > > you will find very very very very few mid-airs. > > > So far this year, for 896 recorded accidents there are the following > only; > > 3 - military, training mid-airs 2 were combat jets / 1 was helicopters > > 1- GA, R22 helicopter vs Beechcraft in USA - both landed safely. > > That's it. > For the whole world. > > Now I accept this database is not a complete listing, > > and let's remember how many millions of flights there have been in > that time, > > but as a percentage, just 1 GA mid-air out of 896 reported accidents in last 6 months - a pretty reasonable sample size. > > Maybe we should think about the causes of the other 890 too ! > > and get a sense of proportion. > > regards > Stu > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
