Jim B,
(that has a familiar ring Jim B)
Jim, your being a bit unreasonable.
The GA world has been flying without transponders in airplanes that are heavier, fly faster and carry more persons for decades.
No rules have been propagated forcing all >254 pound flying things to have a transponder.
(well, there is the proposed silliness in GB where even hanggliders have to have a transponder; but that is not the U.S.)
R. Williams
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From: "Jim Bair" <JimBair@SportAviationUnlimited.com>
To: <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 08:58:19 -0500
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Transponders in NORDO aircraft
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> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/files/Near%20miss_Trike%20pilot.pdfThe A320 pilot's version:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/files/Near%20miss_First%20Officer%20Airbus%20320.pdfEvery UL and Light Sport Pilot in the country should read those two versionsof the same event and note the tone of the two different write ups. Thetrikers don't specify as to whether they were at 3500' MSL or AGL. (Istrongly suspect AGL. The A320 writeup is pretty specific.) Guys, this isserious stuff. I see on the lists all the time people trying to figure outways to lawyer themselves around "unreasonable" rules and requirements thatwe would rather not have. It's crap like this t! hat got ULs banned in somecounties from landing at public airports at all. If we don't want ever moreonerous rules placed upon us, we have to impress upon our peers that thiscrap needs to stop. People need to know how to read a sectional and read abook and figure out how to share our airspace correctly or we will findourselves saddled with even more rules and requirements. How would anyonelike the rule to come down that everything that flies that weighs more than254# has to have a transponder? I wouldn't. Well guess what.... it's stufflike this that leads to that.Jim
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