There were two aircraft involved - not just one. Apparently no radios were
involved. I would not place the blame on one pilot.


"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Nasir" wrote in message
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Georgetown is a very busy field. On clear days, its an excersize to fit
yourself into the pattern because there are so many in already.

For an FAA control tower, simple being "a very busy field" is
insufficient.
We have several "very busy fields" in the Washington Puget Sound area --
Arlington, Harvey Field in Snohomish, and Bremerton to name a few -- but
none are busy enough to justify a control tower, even though at those
airports on clear days "its [sic] an excersize [sic] to fit yourself into
the pattern".

As with many accidents, there are a number of things that COULD have
prevented the accident. But that doesn't mean that all of those things
should be implemented. After all, the accident could have been prevented
by
shutting down the airport. I doubt the folks there want that to happen,
right?

The real problem is that the pilot of the Extra wasn't paying attention to
the airspace in front of him. Trying to use this accident as an excuse to
build a control tower makes no more sense than if the neighbors tried to
use
the accident as an excuse to shut down the airport.

Pete