HoundDog

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What do U do to get to ride ( Drive) around in a Falcon 200? One reason I tried to keep the audio Panel switch on BOTH. Situwational awarnes. Just something I did.

HoundDog

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ALPA: Mandate collision avoidance technology on UAVs

Jul 22, 2015Aaron Karp

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ALPA president Tim Canoll

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The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) is calling for Traffic Collision and Avoidance Systems (TCAS) technology to be mandated on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Speaking Wednesday at the ALPA Air Safety Forum in Washington DC—two days after a Lufthansa Embraer E-195 reported a near-miss with an UAV on approach to Warsaw—ALPA president Tim Canoll said language requiring that TCAS or similar technology be installed on UAVs should be included in FAA reauthorization legislation ...

http://atwonline.com/technology/alpa...echnology-uavs

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rcmiket

Oh Boy!

Mike

porcia83

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You can say that again.

Odd though, the plastic bag incident somehow wasn't brought up in that discussion, or bird strikes.

rcmiket

Yep, Always in favor or more regulation of the hobby can we get some more.............................................. .......................

Mike

Granpooba

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What did I do to ride ( Drive ) around in a Falcon 200, you ask ? Well, I think that it was called WORK. LOL As during my aviation career, I did Captain the Falcon 200, along with the Falcon 50's and Falcon 20 .

Was a great job, but I believe as in all work / jobs you eventually get burned out. One of my Co-pilots told me one time, Dave your not burned out, you are just a little toasted. LOL Have been retired for a number of years now and do not miss it one little bit. Part of what I got tired of was making " Rich Axx Holes " happy.

Granpooba

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Just to add a short story. Ground Control cleared us to cross the runway. We started to power up and moved a couple of feet, but then stopped, feeling that something just was not right. Just as we asked Ground Control to confirm the instructions to cross the runway, a Lear Jet touched down exactly at the place on the runway where we would have been, if we had continued to taxi.

I then said to Ground Control > Ground Control, do you realize that you just cleared us to taxi right into the path of a landing aircraft ? For a long period of time their was TOTAL SILENCE ! When Ground Control came back on the radio, it was a different controller and we never did get an answer either verbally or written l. NEVER , even got a ....... WE ARE SORRY !

Sport_Pilot

I assume it was a very low visibility day or you would have seen it?

HoundDog

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I guess it doesn't have to be Christmas to be a "Wonderful Life" Keep'em Flying as long and often as we can. Now that I'm one of the "Old Geezers in the 5 R/C clubs to which I belong that seems to become more important every day as my friends grow older and less active. It's inevitable that some day the Youngsters will be picking over all my "Old Junk" and trying to get it for NOTHING.
On another note almost made a career of aviation ... Then spent 30 years as a Tool & Die Maker. 55 hour weeks from the first day. Then for a 5+ year stretch out of the last 17 it was 8 to 12 hours/day 7 days 52 weeks a year. Great Money not much of a Family life. That is till my 9 year old son found a C/L P-51 w/ a Fox 36X in the basement. Later took up R/c, Well he gave up R/C for Cars and Girls at 17 gave up women from 21 to 35. Said he couldn't afford both, And while cars weren't cheep but were cheaper than girls, his favorite saying was "I don't care what they cost , I can fix'em and they didn't WHINE.

Granpooba

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Airport was at minimums with drizzle and fog. Closest I ever came to being issued my own pair of wings from the Big Wing Maker in the sky.

franklin_m

And AMA is so safety conscious, that on their NOTAM/TFR site, they're still linking to the DC SFRA NOTAM (0/8326) that was superseded (thus no longer valid). I also found out they don't display any NOTAMs unless the "model aircraft" are mentioned. So even if there is a restriction against operations by "all aircraft", the AMA won't list it because the words "model aircraft" are not specifically used.

rgburrill

I have tried to avoid the comparisons with gun control but this kind of takes the cake. Mandating a very expensive system for toys will just lead to more "criminals" ignoring the law and it won't solve a thing. The vast, vast majority of sUAVs never get close to an airport glide path. A low cost ADS-B type of system can be incorporated into RC receivers and be much more useful. Granted it won't stop an intentional incursion but it will identify the perpetrator.

rgburrill

I have tried to avoid the comparisons with gun control but this kind of takes the cake. Mandating a very expensive system for toys will just lead to more "criminals" ignoring the law and it won't solve a thing. The vast, vast majority of sUAVs never get close to an airport glide path. A low cost ADS-B type of system can be incorporated into RC receivers and be much more useful. Granted it won't stop an intentional incursion but it will identify the perpetrator.

Granpooba

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Perhaps the APAI should concentrate on keeping their pilots sober and forget about the toys. LOL

porcia83

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Zing! Good one. Or how about better pay/working conditions for the small regional carrier pilots?

Granpooba

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WOW !! I can not agree with you more. I have told people not in the know about the working conditions and pay for regional / commuter pilots and the average remark is " NO WAY ". I have known of people flipping hamburgers for a major chain making more that what some of the regional carriers starting pay was.

RC Pilot 007

+1.

drunk pilot very serious problme

N410DC

Good point. Perhaps one of these should be installed in every airline cockpit. It seems that intoxicated pilots are a much bigger problem than unconfirmed sUAV sightings.

Lamoilleriver

Registration and training will solve the problem. Oh wait... nevermind...

Sport_Pilot

I think I see a connection here!

lonerwold1

What about drones with big size ? do you know the rules on that ??

I am talking about drones like DJI Phantom 3

Sport_Pilot

Per FAA rules I don't think any of the DJI drones are legal without a spotter.

Granpooba

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Well, according to Donald Trump you can only have a " Big Size Drone " if you have BIG HANDS. LOL

porcia83

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Huuuuuuuuuuuge!

HoundDog

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Originally Posted by lonerwold1
What about drones with big size ? do you know the rules on that ??

I am talking about drones like DJI Phantom 3
Who/Where does it says U need a spotter for a Drone ... My big TF P-47 is a drone so is my Eflight 2 pound F4U and who says i need a spotter for these Drones?
Just fly Like U always did keep out of the way and all will be OK.