SE Wales Hang Gliding & Paragliding Club e-Newsletter
Mode S Transponders - Update
On 31st January 2008 the CAA published the phase 2 consultation documents for their latest proposals on the compulsory carriage of transponders - go to www.caa.co.uk, click on the "Mode S" menu item, and follow the links.
The draft response from the BHPA Airspace Panel has now been published here. Time is unfortunately now very short, but further responses from individual pilots would obviously add weight to the arguments put forward by the BHPA.
A summary document is also available on the BHPA web site. This outlines the background to the CAA consultation, and lists the pros and cons of each of the options proposed.
You can respond to the CAA consultation document, online, by email, or by post. But it‘s worth remembering that online responses can only answer specific questions. So any "off topic" response must be by post or email.
The deadline for all responses is 5.00pm on 31st May 2008.
Please respond in your own words, as multiple copies of exactly the same response will have little impact. You don‘t necessarily have to repond to the whole thing, just pick a point or two that you feel most strongly about, and respond to that.
Every response from an individual pilot will add weight to the arguments put forward.
You can email modesconsultation@caa.co.uk, or write to:
Mr Andy Knill
Head of Surveillance & Spectrum Management
Directorate of Airspace Policy
CAA House K6 G6
45-59 Kingsway
London
WC2B 6TE
Pandy
The Longtown Mountain Rescue Team will be undertaking a training exercise on Hatterall Hill on Sunday the 8th June from 9.30am - 4.00pm, and by arrangement with the Club will be parking their vehicles in the parking area negotiated by the Club for pilots flying Pandy.
If it's flyable that day, please take extra care when parking, as the car park is likely to be busier than usual.
Please make the Mountain Rescue Team welcome, as these volunteers cover a large number of our flying sites (including the Blorenge), and are of course the very people we rely on to get us out of trouble when things go badly wrong.