"Dave Stadt" wrote:
And my experience is that assuming that see and avoid will keep you
alive is one path to validating Darwinism.

Ron Lee

I would like to see evidence to support your statement.

True story. I was travelling west and almost over my home airport
runway. Started a right circling turn and as I was facing north had a
feeling that traffic was to my right. As I looked to the east I had
bright lights of an aircraft facing me with no apparent motion.

The CRJ passed behind me and perhaps 200' higher. I was on my aiport
Unicom frequency and not local approach as I usually am at that
altitude. Also had the transponder removed earlier that day for
repairs. The CRJ was travelling WSW so it is unlikely that I could
see it behind me...and I was close to the sun for the other pilots.

I use visual, onboard traffic detector and approach/center to improve
my chances. Not one is infallible. But the combination of all three
is better than any one alone.

Ron Lee