Is the indicator showing the glider you have seen?
With all the suggestions that GA aircraft should carry devices to indicate other traffic, and in particular, gliders; it strikes me that one could easily be misled into believing that the indicator is showing the aircraft you have in sight, rather than the one which is the threat to you. Also if such a device requires you to look at an in-cockpit display, surely then to interpret the information you will be looking in the cockpit at the very time you should be looking out?
BTW, last weekend, whilst approaching the top of a winch launch, I had a much closer inspection of the underside of a biz jet than was comfortable. Although gliding is indicated on the map, the symbol is offset to one side of the airfield for clarity. I just wonder if this could have caused the pilot to believe that winching took place near, rather than at the airfield? Perhaps if there was an arrow from the 'G' symbol pointing to the airfield, it would make it clear that the gliding actually takes place on the airfield?
Last edited by Mechta; 21st September 2009 at 01:10.
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