Thanx for posting that info, Graham. Overall
informative, but the guy worked for Bendix-King.
Can anybody comment on the quality of the newer
solid state (competitor's) transponders he's not
fond of?
> >Having a transponder that doesn't work properly might lead the
> >crew of one of these fast-moving planes to assume that there are no planes
> >(i.e. you) in front of them. It was this type of assumption a few weeks ago
> >that caused the Lear in Florida to collide with the Extra 300. I don't know
> >if the Lear was TCAS-equipped, but the ground-based radar system wasn't able
> >to keep the two planes separated.
I don't understand his comment about the mid-air
at Boca Raton, Florida
(www.ntsb.gov/aviation/MIA/00A190A.htm). It was a
clear failure of "see and avoid" on a sunny VFR
day. He's literally suggesting that transponders
can be good enough so that a Learjet crew with
TCAS needn't look out the window on climbout in
busy Miami airspace. And the Extra 300 pilot
flying 2.5 mi. west of Boca Raton airport (over
100,000 ops annually) at 2,300 AGL wasn't a good
idea.
Regards,
Fred Fillinger, A063
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