Pilots may be interested in the “Flyball” event that is taking place on Saturday 7th May. There are 19 airfields taking part: Bodmin, Brimpton, Chichester/Goodwood, Chiltern Park, Compton Abbas, Denham, Derby, Lashenden (Headcorn), Fairoaks, Land’s End, Netherthorpe, North Weald, Popham, Redhill, Rochester, Sandown Isle of Wight, Shobdon, Sywell, Wolverhampton. The idea of the event is to visit as many of the airfields listed between 10h and 16h, finishing at Popham, and to collect a ball with a number on it at each airfield. The person who collects the balls with the highest total value is the winner. I attach the rules.
That is likely to mean several aircraft in and around Popham just before 16h, so there will be plenty of opportunity to see how well any ADS-B device is working. So, if you fly from one of the airfields mentioned above and you have fitted an ADS-B device, it’s a great opportunity to experience ADS-B from your own cockpit.
There are now several ADS-B-IN and ADS-B-OUT devices available: PAW, NATS LPAT, NATS GPS-trial aircraft; Power FLARM. They are not all mutually compatible but there should still be opportunities to see the benefits of Electronic Conspicuity.
Hope to see you at Popham!
