avoidance rule

[John Crozier]

IMAC competitor, Kurt K., offered yesterday that it is of benefit.
>From my experience observing at the NATS, I agree.
It is, by no means, the ultimate fix.....croz

----- Original Message -----
From: <s.vannostrand at kodak.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: avoidance rule


> I'm not disagreeing, Croz, but here is my observation from limited
> experience.  I've seen several midairs at contests, unfortunately.  Each
> time was such a shock that no one saw it coming.  In only one case (at the
> now infamous Temple 2001 where 7 planes were lost in one contest) were the
> planes even flying in the same direction.  But even here, neither pilot
> saw the other until it was too late.  Others of us did, but there wasn't
> much we could do in the split second  before.
>     I'm curious to know is this is really beneficial in IMAC
>
> --Lance
>


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