Originally Posted by
VH DSJ
There's an even easier solution. iPad apps like Ozrunways shows ADSB traffic as long as you have a data connection. Perhaps we should be looking at ways to have a data connection in the vicinity of busy aerodromes?
Data is not the solution and should not be relied upon or used as a guide to safe air navigation - don’t be disillusioned on that as it is unreliable when used in the way that you have described.
You need to use an ADSB receiver (starting at $300, such as the “Ping” unit), which will interface with OZRunways and Avplan. They are a separate 3rd party box.
Arguably if either of these aircraft had one of these with Avplan or OZRunways, they would have been able to see the other aircraft’s position.
A data based system as in 4g would not necessarily have signal and would not give the same results as the above set-up.
Do yourself a favour and protect yourself with 4G and ADSB-in as a bare minimum.