Friday, October 2, 2009

Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Transponders in NORDO aircraft

The triker's version:
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 that 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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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Transponders in NORDO aircraft

The trike pilots didn't however there. Too bad.
Abid

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Williams" <rkwill@...> wrote:
>
> Gary,
>
> Thanks,  The full URLs work great.
>
> R. Williams
>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: "Gary Orpe" <garyo@...>
> To: <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 19:49:29 -0700
> Subject: RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Transponders in  NORDO aircraft
>
> >  
> >
> >
> >
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/files/Near%20miss_Trike%20pilot.pdf
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/files/Near%20miss_First%20Officer%20Airbus%20320.pdf
> > Try these instead.
> >  
> >  Gary O.
> >  N181RL
> >  661 746-4780
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Williams
> > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:07 PM
> > To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Transponders in NORDO aircraft
> >
> >  
> >
> > Dan,
> >
> > clicking the links for the pilot and first officer .pdf files is trying to find those files on my computer.
> >
> > Can you post the actual URLs
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > R. Williams
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------- Original Message -----------
> > From: Dan <live2av8@...>
> > To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:57:26 -0500 (CDT)
> > Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Transponders in  NORDO aircraft
> >
> > >  
> > >
> > >
> > > Posted by: "Peter Walker"  peterwalker58@...
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello
> > >  just a little bit too much information. The only thing that you left out is "When is the working party going to be formed to make law mandating  a transponder on radio controlled model aircraft and anything bigger". 
> > > The question should have been phased as a technical specification of a minimum system for an aircraft that requires a transponder and the limits that would apply to an aircraft that is deemed NOT to so equipped
> > > I hope you didnt ask the cops a similar sort of question like" Where I can go drink this 6 pack" when you were 16....
> > > Peter
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Peter you may have the wrong idea as to why I even asked the FAA.  I [WINDOWS-1252?]don't proclaim to be a writer.  It would be interesting to see the version you sent to the FAA, perhaps your wording is much better.  Was just trying to hush the seemingly 3000 emails regarding the subject.
> > > During the beginning of Sport Pilot many were saying they [WINDOWS-1252?]didn't have to put the altitude encoding and transponder equipment on their machines because they [WINDOWS-1252?]didn't have an alternator, just the lighting coil on their Rotax 2 and 4 stroke engines.  I said no, the way I understood the rule was if your using the engine to keep the electrical system charged/sustained then you have an [WINDOWS-1252?]"engine [WINDOWS-1252?]driven" electrical system.
> > > Hence the reason for trying to resolve the question via the FAA.
> > >
> > >
> > > In addition, to find out if the SP/LSA rules would help prevent yet another near miss like we had here at MSP.  The answer is [WINDOWS-1252?]`not [WINDOWS-1252?]likely' because the two pilots involved in the near miss, along with many others around the nation still [WINDOWS-1252?]haven't put the transponder and altitude encoding equipment on their machines.
> > >
> > >
> > > Near as I can tell they thought the class B tier altitudes were AGL.  Field elevation at their airport is about 900ft., add another 3,500 and your at 4,400 msl, a jet liner cleared to 4,000 msl is then about 400-500 ft. below you.  Just like the trike [WINDOWS-1252?]pilot's description.
> > > Waaay back in 83 as a meager UL student pilot I knew the difference between AGL and MSL in a TCA.  But somehow these two, one a UFI, the other a UFIE at that time [WINDOWS-1252?]didn't know the difference. If one knew he certainly [WINDOWS-1252?]didn't contact the other by radio.
> > >
> > >
> > > In the Files section [WINDOWS-1252?]I've posted the trike pilots version of the Near miss:
> > > Near miss_Trike pilot.pdf
> > > You'll also find the version by the first officer of the Airbus A320
> > > Near miss_First Officer Airbus 320.pdf
> > >
> > >
> > > And of course my letter to the FAA regarding equipment requirements is posted there as well.
> > >
> > >
> > > I [WINDOWS-1252?]can't help but put part of the blame on GPS as well, if they [WINDOWS-1252?]didn't have GPS receivers I [WINDOWS-1252?]don't think they [WINDOWS-1252?]would've made the flight.  Low ceiling, visibility not the greatest, neither pilot adept at x-country flight by just using an aero chart and compass, made even more difficult since they [WINDOWS-1252?]couldn't see the ground that well [WINDOWS-1252?]"with no ground visible to speak of. Just an occational glimps of [WINDOWS-1252?]green.".
> > >
> > >
> > > Although the airline pilots and ALPA wanted this to be made well known, it never made the 10 [WINDOWS-1252?]o'clock news because they [WINDOWS-1252?]didn't want to scare passengers into thinking [WINDOWS-1252?]it's not safe to fly, having passengers think the near misses [WINDOWS-1252?]couldn't be avoided.  At least [WINDOWS-1252?]that's the way Brit Etzold from  ALPA relayed it to me.
> > >
> > >
> > > This topic apparently [WINDOWS-1252?]wasn't discussed in detail enough back in March 2006 with the thread:  Class B/C/D and Mode C Veil issues
> > > Here's the message I posted regarding it back then:
> > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/message/6299
> > >
> > >
> > > On 9/25/2009 Jim Bair wrote:  
> > >
> > > Mike's description of the rules is perfect.  I would only add that the way for more restrictive rules to occur is for some wayward UL pilot (who doesn't need a transponder) to screw up and actually violate the Class B (unaware of exactly where they are or knowing but unaware that they shouldn't be there) and have a near miss with an airliner.  That is exactly how we keep getting saddled with more and more rules that we would prefer we didn't have. 
> > >
> > >
> > > Jim must mean have yet ANOTHER near miss, again and again, we already had the near miss, just before Sport Pilot became rule.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Dan Mattsen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > ------- End of Original Message -------
> >
> >
> >
> ------- End of Original Message -------
>


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RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Transponders in NORDO aircraft



Gary,

Thanks,  The full URLs work great.

R. Williams



---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Gary Orpe" <garyo@bak.rr.com>
To: <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 19:49:29 -0700
Subject: RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Transponders in  NORDO aircraft

>  
>
>
>
>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/files/Near%20miss_Trike%20pilot.pdf
>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/files/Near%20miss_First%20Officer%20Airbus%20320.pdf

> Try these instead.
>  
>  Gary O.
>  N181RL
>  661 746-4780
>

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Williams
> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:07 PM
> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Transponders in NORDO aircraft
>
>
 
>
> Dan,
>
> clicking the links for the pilot and first officer .pdf files is trying to find those files on my computer.
>
> Can you post the actual URLs
>
> Thanks,
>
> R. Williams
>
>
>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: Dan <live2av8@usjet.net>
> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:57:26 -0500 (CDT)
> Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Transponders in  NORDO aircraft
>
> >  
> >
> >

> > Posted by: "Peter Walker"  peterwalker58@yahoo.com
> >
> >

> > Hello
> >  just a little bit too much information. The only thing that you left out is "When is the working party going to be formed to make law mandating  a transponder on radio controlled model aircraft and anything bigger". 
> > The question should have been phased as a technical specification of a minimum system for an aircraft that requires a transponder and the limits that would apply to an aircraft that is deemed NOT to so equipped
> > I hope you didnt ask the cops a similar sort of question like" Where I can go drink this 6 pack" when you were 16....
> > Peter

> >
> >

> >
> >

> >
> > Peter you may have the wrong idea as to why I even asked the FAA.  I [WINDOWS-1252?]don't proclaim to be a writer.  It would be interesting to see the version you sent to the FAA, perhaps your wording is much better.  Was just trying to hush the seemingly 3000 emails regarding the subject.
> > During the beginning of Sport Pilot many were saying they [WINDOWS-1252?]didn't have to put the altitude encoding and transponder equipment on their machines because they [WINDOWS-1252?]didn't have an alternator, just the lighting coil on their Rotax 2 and 4 stroke engines.  I said no, the way I understood the rule was if your using the engine to keep the electrical system charged/sustained then you have an [WINDOWS-1252?]"engine [WINDOWS-1252?]driven" electrical system.
> > Hence the reason for trying to resolve the question via the FAA.
> >
> >

> > In addition, to find out if the SP/LSA rules would help prevent yet another near miss like we had here at MSP.  The answer is [WINDOWS-1252?]'not [WINDOWS-1252?]likely' because the two pilots involved in the near miss, along with many others around the nation still [WINDOWS-1252?]haven't put the transponder and altitude encoding equipment on their machines.
> >
> >

> > Near as I can tell they thought the class B tier altitudes were AGL.  Field elevation at their airport is about 900ft., add another 3,500 and your at 4,400 msl, a jet liner cleared to 4,000 msl is then about 400-500 ft. below you.  Just like the trike [WINDOWS-1252?]pilot's description.
> > Waaay back in 83 as a meager UL student pilot I knew the difference between AGL and MSL in a TCA.  But somehow these two, one a UFI, the other a UFIE at that time [WINDOWS-1252?]didn't know the difference. If one knew he certainly [WINDOWS-1252?]didn't contact the other by radio.
> >
> >

> > In the Files section [WINDOWS-1252?]I've posted the trike pilots version of the Near miss:
> > Near miss_Trike pilot.pdf
> > You'll also find the version by the first officer of the Airbus A320
> > Near miss_First Officer Airbus 320.pdf
> >
> >

> > And of course my letter to the FAA regarding equipment requirements is posted there as well.
> >
> >

> > I [WINDOWS-1252?]can't help but put part of the blame on GPS as well, if they [WINDOWS-1252?]didn't have GPS receivers I [WINDOWS-1252?]don't think they [WINDOWS-1252?]would've made the flight.  Low ceiling, visibility not the greatest, neither pilot adept at x-country flight by just using an aero chart and compass, made even more difficult since they [WINDOWS-1252?]couldn't see the ground that well [WINDOWS-1252?]"with no ground visible to speak of. Just an occational glimps of [WINDOWS-1252?]green.".
> >
> >

> > Although the airline pilots and ALPA wanted this to be made well known, it never made the 10 [WINDOWS-1252?]o'clock news because they [WINDOWS-1252?]didn't want to scare passengers into thinking [WINDOWS-1252?]it's not safe to fly, having passengers think the near misses [WINDOWS-1252?]couldn't be avoided.  At least [WINDOWS-1252?]that's the way Brit Etzold from  ALPA  relayed it to me.
> >
> >

> > This topic apparently [WINDOWS-1252?]wasn't discussed in detail enough back in March 2006 with the thread:  Class B/C/D and Mode C Veil issues
> > Here's the message I posted regarding it back then:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/message/6299
> >
> >

> > On 9/25/2009 Jim Bair wrote:  
> >

> > Mike's description of the rules is perfect.  I would only add that the way for more restrictive rules to occur is for some wayward UL pilot (who doesn't need a transponder) to screw up and actually violate the Class B (unaware of exactly where they are or knowing but unaware that they shouldn't be there) and have a near miss with an airliner.  That is exactly how we keep getting saddled with more and more rules that we would prefer we didn't have. 

> >
> >

> > Jim must mean have yet ANOTHER near miss, again and again, we already had the near miss, just before Sport Pilot became rule.
> >
> >

> >
> >

> > Dan Mattsen
> >
> >

> >
> ------- End of Original Message -------
>

>

>
------- End of Original Message -------


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RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Transponders in NORDO aircraft



Try these instead.
 

 Gary O.
 N181RL
 661 746-4780

-----Original Message-----
From: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Williams
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:07 PM
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Transponders in NORDO aircraft

 

Dan,

clicking the links for the pilot and first officer .pdf files is trying to find those files on my computer.

Can you post the actual URLs

Thanks,

R. Williams



---------- Original Message -----------
From: Dan <live2av8@usjet.net>
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:57:26 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Transponders in  NORDO aircraft

>  
>
>


> Posted by: "Peter Walker"  peterwalker58@yahoo.com
>
>

> Hello
>  just a little bit too much information. The only thing that you left out is "When is the working party going to be formed to make law mandating  a transponder on radio controlled model aircraft and anything bigger". 
> The question should have been phased as a technical specification of a minimum system for an aircraft that requires a transponder and the limits that would apply to an aircraft that is deemed NOT to so equipped
> I hope you didnt ask the cops a similar sort of question like" Where I can go drink this 6 pack" when you were 16....
> Peter

>
>

>
>

>
> Peter you may have the wrong idea as to why I even asked the FAA.  I [WINDOWS-1252?]don’t proclaim to be a writer.  It would be interesting to see the version you sent to the FAA, perhaps your wording is much better.  Was just trying to hush the seemingly 3000 emails regarding the subject.
> During the beginning of Sport Pilot many were saying they [WINDOWS-1252?]didn’t have to put the altitude encoding and transponder equipment on their machines because they [WINDOWS-1252?]didn’t have an alternator, just the lighting coil on their Rotax 2 and 4 stroke engines.  I said no, the way I understood the rule was if your using the engine to keep the electrical system charged/sustained then you have an [WINDOWS-1252?]“engine [WINDOWS-1252?]driven” electrical system.
> Hence the reason for trying to resolve the question via the FAA.
>
>

> In addition, to find out if the SP/LSA rules would help prevent yet another near miss like we had here at MSP.  The answer is [WINDOWS-1252?]‘not [WINDOWS-1252?]likely’ because the two pilots involved in the near miss, along with many others around the nation still [WINDOWS-1252?]haven’t put the transponder and altitude encoding equipment on their machines.
>
>

> Near as I can tell they thought the class B tier altitudes were AGL.  Field elevation at their airport is about 900ft., add another 3,500 and your at 4,400 msl, a jet liner cleared to 4,000 msl is then about 400-500 ft. below you.  Just like the trike [WINDOWS-1252?]pilot’s description.
> Waaay back in 83 as a meager UL student pilot I knew the difference between AGL and MSL in a TCA.  But somehow these two, one a UFI, the other a UFIE at that time [WINDOWS-1252?]didn’t know the difference. If one knew he certainly [WINDOWS-1252?]didn’t contact the other by radio.
>
>

> In the Files section [WINDOWS-1252?]I’ve posted the trike pilots version of the Near miss:
> Near miss_Trike pilot.pdf
> You’ll also find the version by the first officer of the Airbus A320
> Near miss_First Officer Airbus 320.pdf
>
>

> And of course my letter to the FAA regarding equipment requirements is posted there as well.
>
>

> I [WINDOWS-1252?]can’t help but put part of the blame on GPS as well, if they [WINDOWS-1252?]didn’t have GPS receivers I [WINDOWS-1252?]don’t think they [WINDOWS-1252?]would’ve made the flight.  Low ceiling, visibility not the greatest, neither pilot adept at x-country flight by just using an aero chart and compass, made even more difficult since they [WINDOWS-1252?]couldn’t see the ground that well [WINDOWS-1252?]“with no ground visible to speak of. Just an occational glimps of [WINDOWS-1252?]green.”.
>
>

> Although the airline pilots and ALPA wanted this to be made well known, it never made the 10 [WINDOWS-1252?]o’clock news because they [WINDOWS-1252?]didn’t want to scare passengers into thinking [WINDOWS-1252?]it’s not safe to fly, having passengers think the near misses [WINDOWS-1252?]couldn’t be avoided.  At least [WINDOWS-1252?]that’s the way Brit Etzold from  ALPA  relayed it to me.
>
>

> This topic apparently [WINDOWS-1252?]wasn’t discussed in detail enough back in March 2006 with the thread:  Class B/C/D and Mode C Veil issues
> Here’s the message I posted regarding it back then:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/message/6299
>
>

> On 9/25/2009 Jim Bair wrote:  
>

> Mike's description of the rules is perfect.  I would only add that the way for more restrictive rules to occur is for some wayward UL pilot (who doesn't need a transponder) to screw up and actually violate the Class B (unaware of exactly where they are or knowing but unaware that they shouldn't be there) and have a near miss with an airliner.  That is exactly how we keep getting saddled with more and more rules that we would prefer we didn't have. 

>
>

> Jim must mean have yet ANOTHER near miss, again and again, we already had the near miss, just before Sport Pilot became rule.
>
>

>
>

> Dan Mattsen
>
>

>
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Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Transponders in NORDO aircraft



Dan,

clicking the links for the pilot and first officer .pdf files is trying to find those files on my computer.

Can you post the actual URLs

Thanks,

R. Williams



---------- Original Message -----------
From: Dan <live2av8@usjet.net>
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:57:26 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Transponders in  NORDO aircraft

>  
>
>

> Posted by: "Peter Walker"  peterwalker58@yahoo.com
>
>

> Hello
>  just a little bit too much information. The only thing that you left out is "When is the working party going to be formed to make law mandating  a transponder on radio controlled model aircraft and anything bigger". 
> The question should have been phased as a technical specification of a minimum system for an aircraft that requires a transponder and the limits that would apply to an aircraft that is deemed NOT to so equipped
> I hope you didnt ask the cops a similar sort of question like" Where I can go drink this 6 pack" when you were 16....
> Peter

>
>

>
>

>
> Peter you may have the wrong idea as to why I even asked the FAA.  I [WINDOWS-1252?]don't proclaim to be a writer.  It would be interesting to see the version you sent to the FAA, perhaps your wording is much better.  Was just trying to hush the seemingly 3000 emails regarding the subject.
> During the beginning of Sport Pilot many were saying they [WINDOWS-1252?]didn't have to put the altitude encoding and transponder equipment on their machines because they [WINDOWS-1252?]didn't have an alternator, just the lighting coil on their Rotax 2 and 4 stroke engines.  I said no, the way I understood the rule was if your using the engine to keep the electrical system charged/sustained then you have an [WINDOWS-1252?]"engine [WINDOWS-1252?]driven" electrical system.
> Hence the reason for trying to resolve the question via the FAA.
>
>

> In addition, to find out if the SP/LSA rules would help prevent yet another near miss like we had here at MSP.  The answer is [WINDOWS-1252?]'not [WINDOWS-1252?]likely' because the two pilots involved in the near miss, along with many others around the nation still [WINDOWS-1252?]haven't put the transponder and altitude encoding equipment on their machines.
>
>

> Near as I can tell they thought the class B tier altitudes were AGL.  Field elevation at their airport is about 900ft., add another 3,500 and your at 4,400 msl, a jet liner cleared to 4,000 msl is then about 400-500 ft. below you.  Just like the trike [WINDOWS-1252?]pilot's description.
> Waaay back in 83 as a meager UL student pilot I knew the difference between AGL and MSL in a TCA.  But somehow these two, one a UFI, the other a UFIE at that time [WINDOWS-1252?]didn't know the difference. If one knew he certainly [WINDOWS-1252?]didn't contact the other by radio.
>
>

> In the Files section [WINDOWS-1252?]I've posted the trike pilots version of the Near miss:
> Near miss_Trike pilot.pdf
> You'll also find the version by the first officer of the Airbus A320
> Near miss_First Officer Airbus 320.pdf
>
>

> And of course my letter to the FAA regarding equipment requirements is posted there as well.
>
>

> I [WINDOWS-1252?]can't help but put part of the blame on GPS as well, if they [WINDOWS-1252?]didn't have GPS receivers I [WINDOWS-1252?]don't think they [WINDOWS-1252?]would've made the flight.  Low ceiling, visibility not the greatest, neither pilot adept at x-country flight by just using an aero chart and compass, made even more difficult since they [WINDOWS-1252?]couldn't see the ground that well [WINDOWS-1252?]"with no ground visible to speak of. Just an occational glimps of [WINDOWS-1252?]green.".
>
>

> Although the airline pilots and ALPA wanted this to be made well known, it never made the 10 [WINDOWS-1252?]o'clock news because they [WINDOWS-1252?]didn't want to scare passengers into thinking [WINDOWS-1252?]it's not safe to fly, having passengers think the near misses [WINDOWS-1252?]couldn't be avoided.  At least [WINDOWS-1252?]that's the way Brit Etzold from  ALPA  relayed it to me.
>
>

> This topic apparently [WINDOWS-1252?]wasn't discussed in detail enough back in March 2006 with the thread:  Class B/C/D and Mode C Veil issues
> Here's the message I posted regarding it back then:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/message/6299
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> On 9/25/2009 Jim Bair wrote:  
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> Mike's description of the rules is perfect.  I would only add that the way for more restrictive rules to occur is for some wayward UL pilot (who doesn't need a transponder) to screw up and actually violate the Class B (unaware of exactly where they are or knowing but unaware that they shouldn't be there) and have a near miss with an airliner.  That is exactly how we keep getting saddled with more and more rules that we would prefer we didn't have. 

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> Jim must mean have yet ANOTHER near miss, again and again, we already had the near miss, just before Sport Pilot became rule.
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> Dan Mattsen
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Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Transponders in NORDO aircraft



Posted by: "Peter Walker" peterwalker58@yahoo.com

Hello
 just a little bit too much information. The only thing that you left out is "When is the working party going to be formed to make law mandating  a transponder on radio controlled model aircraft and anything bigger". 
The question should have been phased as a technical specification of a minimum system for an aircraft that requires a transponder and the limits that would apply to an aircraft that is deemed NOT to so equipped
I hope you didnt ask the cops a similar sort of question like" Where I can go drink this 6 pack" when you were 16....
Peter


Peter you may have the wrong idea as to why I even asked the FAA.  I don't proclaim to be a writer.  It would be interesting to see the version you sent to the FAA, perhaps your wording is much better.  Was just trying to hush the seemingly 3000 emails regarding the subject.
During the beginning of Sport Pilot many were saying they didn't have to put the altitude encoding and transponder equipment on their machines because they didn't have an alternator, just the lighting coil on their Rotax 2 and 4 stroke engines.  I said no, the way I understood the rule was if your using the engine to keep the electrical system charged/sustained then you have an "engine driven" electrical system.
Hence the reason for trying to resolve the question via the FAA.

In addition, to find out if the SP/LSA rules would help prevent yet another near miss like we had here at MSP.  The answer is 'not likely' because the two pilots involved in the near miss, along with many others around the nation still haven't put the transponder and altitude encoding equipment on their machines.

Near as I can tell they thought the class B tier altitudes were AGL.  Field elevation at their airport is about 900ft., add another 3,500 and your at 4,400 msl, a jet liner cleared to 4,000 msl is then about 400-500 ft. below you.  Just like the trike pilot's description.
Waaay back in 83 as a meager UL student pilot I knew the difference between AGL and MSL in a TCA.  But somehow these two, one a UFI, the other a UFIE at that time didn't know the difference. If one knew he certainly didn't contact the other by radio.

In the Files section I've posted the trike pilots version of the Near miss:
You'll also find the version by the first officer of the Airbus A320

And of course my letter to the FAA regarding equipment requirements is posted there as well.

I can't help but put part of the blame on GPS as well, if they didn't have GPS receivers I don't think they would've made the flight.  Low ceiling, visibility not the greatest, neither pilot adept at x-country flight by just using an aero chart and compass, made even more difficult since they couldn't see the ground that well "with no ground visible to speak of. Just an occational glimps of green.".

Although the airline pilots and ALPA wanted this to be made well known, it never made the 10 o'clock news because they didn't want to scare passengers into thinking it's not safe to fly, having passengers think the near misses couldn't be avoided.  At least that's the way Brit Etzold from ALPA relayed it to me.

This topic apparently wasn't discussed in detail enough back in March 2006 with the thread:  Class B/C/D and Mode C Veil issues
Here's the message I posted regarding it back then:

On 9/25/2009 Jim Bair wrote:  
Mike's description of the rules is perfect.  I would only add that the way for more restrictive rules to occur is for some wayward UL pilot (who doesn't need a transponder) to screw up and actually violate the Class B (unaware of exactly where they are or knowing but unaware that they shouldn't be there) and have a near miss with an airliner.  That is exactly how we keep getting saddled with more and more rules that we would prefer we didn't have. 

Jim must mean have yet ANOTHER near miss, again and again, we already had the near miss, just before Sport Pilot became rule.


Dan Mattsen



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