Mike,
I put a strobe on the rear fuselage access hatch in the Jantar when we flew upto Mt Isa in 1986. Had a couple of good reports particularly from people seeing it in their periferal vision. Was a home made one with just the tube through the outside.
Local bush fire brigade have some xenon s
Barf,
get stuck in the traffic near the 16R threshold in Sydney when a B747 approaches and you can see both tip vortices settle into the creek then into the cars. Enough to give the old ute springs a good workout. And people want to contour fly the coastal lane at Botany Heads!!!
Peter Heath.
I believe Mike is getting close to the mark. For effective gliding incident and accident investigation a considerable investment in resources is required, both in people and pure logistics. There are already people within gliding who have completed the courses Jeremy Thompson has been aluding to in
Barf,
I would agree with your approach but needs to be part of an integrated system. vis needs T+ E package and management comittment as well. Not unlike safety management systems I suppose.
Cheers
Peter
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All,
I have been watching this discussion with interest as it has been an ongoing problem for the GFA ( members and exec) for a number of years. For those not aware I was the NSW Association when we went through a number of accidents.Post those times have been trained in accident investigation a