"Ben Hallert" wrote in message
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http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?...1MA018A&rpt=fa
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?...1MA018A&rpt=fi

16 miles reported visibility, 30000 scattered. That should qualify as
VFR for most people.


Yup, but Bob's question was, "Is the threshold always visible to the pilot
for all aircraft when
in normal landing configuration?" The aircraft in position on the runway
was an intersection departure.

The question remains, if neither pilot aboard the landing 737 could see the
Fairchild 227 on the runway, why should we believe the crew of the Fairchild
227 could have seen the incoming 737 if they had been cocked some thirty
degrees or so from the runway centerline?