Cessna -vs- Paraglider
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DropTank
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knot4u
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DropTank
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Paraglider Crashes Into Small Plane – Survives!
An extraordinary and extremely dangerous incident occurred on Saturday between a paraglider and the pilot of a Cessna. The 44-year-old woman from ...
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knot4u
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Thanks. Seems credible. They might want to talk to whoever is writing the headlines, I don't think a paraglider ran into an airplane. Maybe it's just the translation.Paraglider Crashes Into Small Plane – Survives!
An extraordinary and extremely dangerous incident occurred on Saturday between a paraglider and the pilot of a Cessna. The 44-year-old woman from ...
DropTank
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As easy as it is to just blame the pilot, the "see and avoid" strategy is, at best, flawed.
The paraglider can easily blend in with the background (even with its coloring)
The snow capped mountains can make a variety of colors and patterns, especially just below the horizon, which the paraglider was.
Strictly by the law, the paraglider DOES have right of way.
I'm to the point that ALL flying objects should have ADS-B out.
knot4u
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Should all vehicles talk to each other? I'm not saying it's a bad idea I'm just wondering how it'd be implemented.
DropTank
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killbilly
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This happened in Austria.
Not that she was Austrian, but reasonable that she wouldn't be speaking English.
CoffeeIcePapers
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bike21
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Some of the transmitters only need 3 watts to operate. Would be easy to power them with a small battery bank.
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knot4u
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I'm no genius. Are skydiving enthusiasts required to wear a transponder of any kind? It's an honest question that I don't know the answer to. I've never jumped out of an airplane in flight and I certainly wouldn't pay to try it, but those folks free falling are participating in the airspace. I have zero objection to paragliders having transponders. What are the lighter than air folks required to carry? I know literally nothing about this corner of aviation.
CFI A&P
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Deploying meat missiles usually involves filing a NOTAM of some form. Either for the drop zone or airport, or at an off airport location.
“Skydivingers over Jasper, MO. Between 1600z - 1700z, 10,000ft and below.”
In theory that means pilots in the area would be aware, if they obtained the appropriate briefing.
NovemberEcho
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It’s fun when the annual hot air balloon festival happens at N51 and it’s notam’d 3,000 and below and every year someone at 5 or 6 has to turn to avoid balloons.
Flying near drop zones I'd frequently see NOTAMs like @CFI A&P mentioned. On either UNICOM or the local controlling freq you'd hear the jump pilot giving updates on the airport for the drop, the altitude and timing: "Tahlequah traffic, N*****, dropping skydivers from 4,500 feet in five minutes, Tahlequah." I've also heard it on Fort Worth & Kansas City Center frequencies.