"David Megginson" wrote in message
e.rogers.com...
Could the problem be fixed by overhauling VFR pattern procedures? For
example, require all VFR aircraft to join the pattern the same way at
uncontrolled airports, rather than allowing them to come in from all
different directions. You seem to have a *lot* of midair collisions in
the
pattern in the U.S.

I doubt that the number of midairs here, adjusted for traffic density, is a
heck of a lot different from the rate found elsewhere, including Canada.

As for this particular accident, since the Extra was on base turning final,
I don't see how mandating a standard entry would have avoided this accident.
Nothing about the report suggests that either of the involved planes
*didn't* use the preferred 45-degree standard entry.

Pete