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shiningstarofcheso
9th Sep 2018, 08:05
Interesting article on the bbc website today on near miss statistics in GA rising, a lot due to drones, and a program on it Monday at 7.30pm on BBC1. Doesn’t let me post the link but search for sky’s above.
I’ve not been flying for over a year with a new little one (who like flying cost a fair bit) so a little out of the game. They talk about new cheap transceivers which the CAA have piloted to improve this; never saw those - what are they and will they mandate them onto all GA?
Looking to get back in the game soon!
Genghis the Engineer
9th Sep 2018, 15:02
The article is absolutely riddled with errors and inaccuracies. Just look all over aviation bulletin boards, FB pages, etc. for detailed descriptions of everything wrong with it. If the BBC is stupid enough to run that on Look East tomorrow, there's going to be a bit of a public shouting match.
A transceiver is of-course a radio!
Electronic Conspicuity devices are now widespread, the two most common being FLARM and PilotAware.
CAA have been trialling some other technologies, with a higher certification standard, but lower functionality. Some of those are just starting to enter the market. In the meantime, latest guess is around 2,600 PilotAware devices out there.
Here's the article incidentally: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45394789
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chevvron
9th Sep 2018, 21:10
The term 'Near Miss' is wrongly used. If two aircraft 'nearly miss' each other surely that must mean they hit each other.
The correct term nowadays (ICAO speak) is 'Airprox' previously known as 'Airmiss'.
Genghis the Engineer
9th Sep 2018, 22:20
A miss that is near ?
Not that I am defending a very sloppy piece of journalism, but that phrase at least is pretty clear, if unofficial.
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Pegpilot
9th Sep 2018, 22:20
Particularly enjoyed the strapline at the bottom of the BBC article exhorting us to see the full story on Monday 11th September, posted on Sunday 9th September. Ho hum....
destinationsky
10th Sep 2018, 11:53
The documentary is on Monday 11th September... well, which is it?!
Also, in 2013 there were 172 airproxes. In 2017 there were 272. There were 93 attributed to drones. So surely this means that drones are the issue and in real terms, the number of airproxes in GA and other manned aviation has not increased that much? Despite a rise in traffic?