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Larry
I've been flying over 50 years and have about 23,000 hours logged. I
can count the number of near misses with aircraft on one finger.
Ya WANNA LIVE FOREVER?
sheeesh
Rocky aka Ol Shy & Bashful



On Wed, 10 May 2006 23:52:34 +0200, "Frode Berg"
wrote in ::

OK.

I will not speak my mind on this forum if this is what happens.

Please don't be too sensitive to what is said here. Most folks don't
intend to offend anyone.

Thanks to all the insightful posts by all you other people!

I just needed to put some statistics into perspective.
After all, I witnessed a mid air right before starting my PPL.

However, tha last week I've flown a few times, and haven't thought much
about it anymore.

I guess mr Ol Shy here is flying around his farm in the middle of nowhere at
300 feet in his ultralight.

I think you've identified the difference in your and Rocky's
experiences. A higher air traffic density leads to a higher
probability of a MAC.

I have no idea how the traffic density over Europe compares to that
over various areas of the US, but I can unequivocally state from
personal experience, that the traffic density in the skies within 100
miles of LAX can be intimidating.

When I was in France few years ago, I got the feeling that aside from
Charles De Gaulle, Le Borget and Orly most airports were not very
busy.

I only have 250 hours total, and have had 3 close encounters. Not really
"near misses" apart from one of them, but they were still to me
uncomfortably close, so you claiming 23.000 hours with none....?
Hmmm...makes you wonder...

Frode

Rocky's a good guy with a lot of experience to share. He's just
stating his view on this subject (a bit tongue-in-cheek I suspect), as
are we all. Take what you find useful, and overlook the rest.