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Permalink Reply by Luc Stultjens on October 26, 2011 at 5:10am

Hi Rachel, I'm a glider pilot from Belgium. The glider community has started using the SPOT to be able to keep track where everyone is, especially during competition flights. Regards,

Luc

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Permalink Reply by Rachel Donald on October 26, 2011 at 5:13pm

Hi Luc

Great to see people are recognising the safety benefits of tracking. You might be interested to note that spidertracks, as a dedicated aircraft tracking system, tracks altitude as well as position, and reports in real-time (not delayed) and can report every 1-2 minutes, instead of 10. This gives you a real-time, accurate track of your glider. If something was to go wrong, spidertracks can be set up to automatically send SOS alerts so you can't have to manually send an alert. And anyone following from the ground, wondering where you have landed, can see in real-time exactly where in you.

Having a tracking system on board is definitely better than none, but you might want to consider the benefits of having a system that has been specifically designed for light aircraft.

 

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