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Old 27th Feb 2018, 04:38
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ivorPhillips
 
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Originally Posted by A and C
I ask myself the same Question, FLARM is cheap if you get a portable version and the better powerflarm units are still inexpensive with minimal paperwork costs as they can be fitted to most small GA aircraft under CS-STAN.

I have been told that some people think that fitting FLARM to a GA aircraft renders it VFR only as they seem to think that the purely advisory FLARM invalidates the IFR capability of the Aircraft .
£2,172 isn’t cheap in my book! plus fitting plus accessories, i can buy a Pilotaware for under £200 that give me a whole lot more situational awareness than Flarm on its own,
so i put it to you! why don’t gliders fit a Pilotaware?

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