See and avoid...

Great feedback - It sounds like the PCAS is a real asset, especially
when clouds are involved. I'm saving my pennies for one now.

Lately I've been flying in southern Illinois, well below airline
traffic, but smack in the middle of a lot of VFR traffic. I'm
thinking a PCAS will be a definite help here.

I've had some relatively close encounters with airliners - where I've
had to move out of a thermal to let the "bus" through (no sense in
pushing my luck hoping they will see me, kinda the sailboat vs
supertanker analogy), but always had plenty of time to see it and move
out of the way. Of course, that assumes I've seen all of them nearby
- BIG assumption! I have observed that a letting-down 737NG doesn't
make any noise as it goes by less than a mile away...

Kirk
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