Avoidance Rule

[Kurt Koelling]

When I am flying in an IMAC contest I tell my caller to watch the other 
plane just as much as he/she watches my own plane. Often my caller is the 
one that actually calls an avoidance for me because it is not possible for 
me to watch the other plane. By the time I see the other plane it is often 
too late to make a correction. However, if the caller is watching the paths 
of both planes (and warns the pilot in advance) many midairs can be 
avoided.  Here is my not so scientific data, but data none the less...  In 
the past three years I have flown in 28 IMAC contests and I only observed 
one midair.  The rule really does seem to work.
Kurt Koelling

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At 08:44 AM 1/30/2003 -0600, you 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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