>>Small aircraft really haven't made much progress over the 1946 Beech Bonanza,
>>70 years ago.
David Thurston wrote in Design for Flying, "… it may be safely noted
that private aircraft performance has not experienced any great leap
forward over the past 40 years. Our speeds are where they were
At 05:27 PM 2/11/2016, you wrote:
Yep, like everything in aviation, by the time the ideas become
standards it's all outdated. Also we started with an aged system
(1090Mhz high power, large bandwidth, pulse nightmare, hugely
inefficient ) instead of designing a digital network which could
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Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Aero Glass BVLOS
Of course not everything that flies is going to have ADSB. Good luck gettin
Of course not everything that flies is going to have ADSB. Good luck
getting the birds to fit them.
I've lost count of the number of times I've seen and noted birds from
the BD-4 while in cruise and got ready to take evasive action.
Nigel correctly points out that 1090MHz is crowded which is
>>BUT, millions is being spent to solve
this.
I'm just guessing, but I'd be surprised if the Germans did not spend a
bit on their railway signalling and automatic braking system. It
works, but not well enough to prevent trains crashing.
Anyone who has used a modern computer OS would realise that
Hi All,
As the current CASA requirement stands you can only operate a drone or
pilotless aircraft to visual line of site, i.e. you must be able to observe
the aircraft from the ground ( not cameras fitted to the drone and being
observed on screens on the ground). Also you must stay below 400ft AGL
