Originally Posted by
MarcK
Did both of those planes have ADSB-OUT? Did either of those planes have ADSB-IN? If one, at least, had IN capability, something would have been screaming "Traffic" in their ear.
+1
I guarantee if I had been flying there with my low cost ADSB-IN solution, I would have been able to see both of them, assuming their ADSB operational, and it wouldn’t have been via Melbourne Centre or Flight Radar 24 - it would have been by a direct ADSB-IN link.
I noticed in a video that Stefan Drury was using Flight Radar 24 to locate a nearby company aircraft. The issue with this is:
- You need a valid 4G plan
- You need a solid 4G signal
- You don’t know if it’s real time or not
A Sky Echo or similar IN solution is by far the best option. I even note that the Sky Echo also receives FLARM traffic.
Originally Posted by
Lead Balloon
They both had the ADSB equipment that has been mandated by the ‘safety’ regulator on ‘safety’ grounds.
Airbags and seatbelts are mandatory, but people still buy Suzuki Swifts when the Dodge RAM is available for purchase. In which one are you most likely to be killed or seriously injured?