ATC has a box around each IFR airplane, no other airplane
should be in that box. The size of the box changes, but in
general [somebody will surely correct me] is 1,000 above and
below within a distance of from 5 to 20 miles. Anything
closer and it is a near-miss. When you are close enough to
see the individual rivets or make out the color of the other
pilot's eyes, it is also a near-miss.

{I know, loss of separation}



"Jose" wrote in message
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| Near miss. No, I've never had one that almost missed me.
|
| That would be a "nearly miss". A near miss is a miss. A
deep lake is a
| lake. A red rose is a rose. A heavy rain is a rain.
|
| A near miss is a miss.
|
| Jose
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