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Re:Missteps Equipment Problems and a Common but Risky Practi... by firesteelrain on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @02:52PM (#43849280)
We are both in agreement that ADS-B OUT is required. But, I am referring to ADS-B IN which most military aircraft do not have as a matter of practice. If ADS-B IN was running in addition to ADS-B OUT on both aircraft then it might have provided additional situational awareness assuming the Black Hawk pilot was operating the helicopter properly. The original comment was about putting the receiver in listening mode and that's simply not possible with the Black Hawk.

I have been running an ADS-B receiver at home for 6 years via PiAware along with an AIS receiver. So yes, low cost :)

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Re:Missteps Equipment Problems and a Common but Risky Practi... by ceejayoz on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @03:01PM (#43849363)
It's really not that rare. Especially with stuff like ForeFlight.

https://download.aopa.org/advocacy/2019/dhowell_jking_DASC20...

> A majority of respondents had used ADS-B In, with 56% of respondents reported having experience with either an installed or portable system. Of the group who had experience with ADS-B In, 85% used portable systems and 30% used installed systems.

And that's in 2019.

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Re:Missteps Equipment Problems and a Common but Risky Practi... by firesteelrain on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @03:24PM (#43849607)
No disagreement. ADS-B IN is just a feature that most military aircraft to include UH-60's (Black Hawk) do not have yet.
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Re:Missteps Equipment Problems and a Common but Risky Practi... by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @03:40PM (#43849752)
Sounds like they should sort it out before placing civilians in danger
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Re:Missteps Equipment Problems and a Common but Risky Practi... by firesteelrain on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @05:43PM (#43851026)
In retrospect, it was a bad plan to let a young Captain who mostly served as a liaison in DC and not a helicopter pilot to train on that route. A simpler one where she could progressively train up to would have been wiser. She also should have listened to her more well seasoned Warrant Officer copilot. ADS-B In wouldn’t have addressed any of those problems
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