avoidance rule

[Bill Glaze]

Lance:
Yes, it is highly useful, in my opinion.  I've found myself flying
formation aerobatics several times in IMAC, and was able to call a
break.  Judges later said they were relieved that a break was called.
Did it avert a midair?  Really can't say, but it made me feel a whole
lot more relieved, and I could concentrate a lot better.
As far as midair avoidance, it's hard to say the avoidance rule
did/didn't work if a midair didn't happen; kind of like trying to say
how much crime was prevented by a certain law/procedure.
Flying pattern, I sure would like to see it.

Bill Glaze
BTW: I've never seen the rule abused; maybe it has been, but I've never
heard it spoken of.

s.vannostrand at kodak.com wrote:

>
> 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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