Riddle me this, pilots

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:44:03 GMT, "Gary L. Drescher"
wrote:

"Chip Jones" wrote in message
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This kind of turn can be be counter intuitive to the pilots involved.

Yup. It was to me until I gave it more thought.


Actually, to me it seems quite logical and would have been my initial
reflect to turn TOWARDS the conflicting traffic, since the whole
purpose of the exercise would be to change the constant bearing of
closure.. turning away from it will only slow the rate of bearing, not
necessary change the angle (as viewed from overhead both, not as in
"clock" positions from the pilot's perspective).. turning towards it
will increase the rate briefly until the vector angle is depassed and
then it will widen again. Of course if the other traffic does the
same thing, then you're going from a constant relative 90 degree
closing bearing to a constant relative head-on closing bearing which
will also be a bad thing... of course in this particular case the
other [unidentified] aircraft was seen to maintain his course.

Leland

"Chip Jones" wrote in message
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This kind of turn can be be counter intuitive to the pilots involved.

Yet in high speed driving school (i.e., Bondurant) they teach you to swerve
BEHIND a car coming across your path. Most drivers will just slam on the
brakes. In fact, in most every situation the vast majority of drivers will
just slam on the brakes rather than maneuver out of the way. It's the
hardest habit the driving instructors have to break (pardon the pun).