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Old 27th March 2017 | 16:49
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FullWings
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It’s great that people are developing cheaper and (hopefully) less proprietary electronic conspicuity systems but interoperability appears to be slipping down the priority list.

Barely a week or two goes by in UK airspace where there isn’t some form of near get-together that could have been prevented by devices (and people) talking to each other. VHF/UHF, XPDR, FLARM, PilotAware, ADSB, SSR... The information needed to prevent collisions is mostly out there and has been for some time but the multiplicity of formats seems to be preventing an effective one-stop solution.

I am much reminded of:

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