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Old 7th Jun 2018, 13:57
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BEagle
 
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PliotAware will eventually become the conspicuity Betamax. It uses unlicensed frequencies so will never be certifiable.

FLARM is useful for sailplanes in close proximity with each other and with a few powered aircraft flying from the same site.

The CAA has already said that the preferred solution will be based on ADS-B. So the contender for the most likely future system is probably Sky Echo platform plus a display / audio warning system.

When I reviewed a number of conspicuity devices a year or so ago, the only one which was of any use was the Trig device which didn't need a display - and gave only genuine collision warnings. I was quite shocked at the 'panel gazing' of many of the GA pilots involved - VFR implies L00KOUT, not staring at some iToy!
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