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Old 5th Mar 2007, 16:30
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There is still some resistance among " motor" pilots and aircrfat operators to equip with Flam, and more awareness about the produtc needs to be made in y opinion . The Glider communauty in Germany. Swiss, Belgium, NL, France ( to a certain extend only) are taking this seriously. The rest waits to see.
But for the device to work everybody needs to b equipped.
With a current installation cost of 700 euros, it is not yet cheap enough for widespread.
If it would be ordered by the 10.000,s instead of a few hundred the price will drop considerably. (the firm that makes it not a greedy multinational ).

With more LoCo flying into E, G or F airspace everyday, it would make sense for everybody to have the device. It really helps.

Beaking the Cu ceilings at 6-7 000 ft in class E, F or G at 250-300 Kts in will end badly one day.

( I say this totally outside the Austria accident above, not knowing the facts yet , Sad day for Austria. )
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