Recent content by JimCunn

"But I'll assume it has something to do with antique aircraft not equipped with any electric power to drive avionics like ASD-B. Am I close?" You're half right. If they have ever had engine driven electrical systems added, then they are required to install and continue to carry the avionics...

And keep in mind that not all aircraft are required to have ADS-B installed.

".Would it have been possible for the visual observer to see it if he'd been looking? (It was over 700 m away horizontally, and 120 m vertically.)" Probably yes. In my younger days my eyes were 20/12 and 20/15. I could look down on a golf course and see golf balls from 400 m up.

RobertP said, "On the bright side, this has given me an idea for a physics assignment: have the students work out the maximum distance the Matrice would have been visible (based on visual acuity and drone size) and how much reaction time the pilots would have had (based on their speed)" Also...

The 172 was on final, so slow, which means it was nose high. 172 has a high instrument panel anyway, making the situation worse. The drone was below the horizon and encroaching on the airport approach. in a place where it shouldn't have been. Chances of seeing if were infinitesimal. That...

The difference in CAR 3 and CAR 4a is date of original Certification of the aircraft. CAR 4a predates CAR 3. Both CARs have been superceded by the FARs, with the exception that the original CARs still govern Certification. The 4a referenced in an earlier Post with regard to large aircraft has...

Aerophile is pretty much spot on. I'm old too (80), and that likely has some impact on our thinking. For me, learning to fly wasn't expensive. In 1965 my foster brother (older than me) called me my senior year in College to tell me, "Jimmy, come home quick as you can. My cousin got his...

Only two of your Canadian examples were visible in your post, but neither of those was CAR 4a. Sounds like CAR4a aircraft aren't a threat in Canada. You say, "Also, I don't still don't actually know what CAR 3 versus CAR 4a means. Are CAR 3 all equipped with ADS-B and/or other traffic conflict...

Zbip said "But that's exactly my point though, isn't it?". Nope. We see more near misses between CAR 3 aircraft than CAR 4a. Note though that CAR 4a pilots are far more willing to share airspace with drones than are CAR 3 pilots. And far less likely to run over you. We and the ag pilots...

What I'm going to tell you is that Federal regulations are Federal regulations. They are not required to make sense. Most of my friends and I fly CAR 4a aircraft underneath Memphis Class B airspace. We haven't noticed any significant collision hazards compared to when we are flying our CAR...

MSCoast said " "Minor" is what the FAA said in the preliminary report, not my choice of words. It sounds somewhat worse than minor". I know it wasn't your words. "I'm curious about why the Cherokee should have moved to another airport for their touch and goes." For safety. Sloacum, Shaw...

Zbip57 said "would make a whole lot more sense if every manned aircraft were required to be equipped with ADS-B to prevent collisions". What about manned aircraft that were certified under CAR 4a?

The Cherokee prop was damaged. That's a prop strike. Therefore the freshly overhauled engine is required to be disassembled to examine the crankshaft, accessory case gears, magneto gears, and impulse couplings. That is expensive enough (multiple thousands of dollars) for most aircraft owners to...

"FYI, manned aircraft are required to have ADS-B out:" This is NOT true. Antique aircraft that were certified non-electric are grandfathered and are not required to have ADS-B, transponder, or radio as long as they have not had an engine driven electrical system retrofitted. Most of them don't.

There was a collision at Somerville, TN Airport (KFYE) earlier this month between a Piper Cherokee 160 and a UAV. A student and instructor were doing pattern work in the Cherokee (which means that much of the time they were legally below 500 feet). The Cherokee had just returned to service...