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Looks like a mid-air (but nonfatal) between a glider and jet near Minden, NV has got the NTSB recommending transponders for gliders to the FAA. http://www.lvrj.com/news/17216297.html
This may impact other non-electrical aircraft down the road. Here are the letters to the FAA and Soaring Society of America from the NTSB:
http://www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/2008/a08_10_13.pdf
http://www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/2008/a08_14_15.pdf
We may lose our transponder exemption in the future depending on FAA's response to the NTSB, but perhaps if we are lucky, only if we fly above 10k and in the Class B Mode C ring. Cubs don't as a rule fly as high as gliders!
Jim Newton
This may impact other non-electrical aircraft down the road. Here are the letters to the FAA and Soaring Society of America from the NTSB:
http://www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/2008/a08_10_13.pdf
http://www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/2008/a08_14_15.pdf
We may lose our transponder exemption in the future depending on FAA's response to the NTSB, but perhaps if we are lucky, only if we fly above 10k and in the Class B Mode C ring. Cubs don't as a rule fly as high as gliders!
Jim Newton
