May 19, 20206 yr Ouch. There's no TCAS requirement for GA, right? Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
May 19, 20206 yr gawD! that made me clentch! you can even hear the 'woosh' as it passes underneath! Luke Pype
May 19, 20206 yr 1 hour ago, Luis Hernandez said: Ouch. There's no TCAS requirement for GA, right? Heh. No. See and be seen is what we VFR flyers practice. And it is actually quite hard to spot a small aircraft in flight at certain angles and lighting conditions. I was no 3 in in the pattern a few days ago (uncontrolled field) and this fella in front of me decided to do a 360 orbit(!) prior to turning base due to spacing on short final and I could seriously not see him. EASA PPL SEPL + NQ / CB-IR in progress MSFS24 | X-Plane 12
May 19, 20206 yr Moderator Wow, that was CLOSE!! On first first solo back in ‘88 my instructor and I were doing a few touch-n-go’s before he finally had me full stop, got out and sent me on my solo. We were flying at KAPV in Apple Valley, Ca which was uncontrolled but had a Unicom freq for people to report their postitions. We were turning from base to final and announced when all of the sudden a Pipe Cub went right over the top of us unannounced. My IP got on the radio screaming at the guy but I’m guessing he wasn’t flying with a radio, it was off, he wasn’t paying attention, or didn’t have the frequency as he never made a call. Its tough to say be he cleared us by only 30 feet or so. We were in a 152 so we couldn’t see above but since he was in a Cub he could have seen below and surprisingly didn’t see us or hear us. After we landed that attempt is when my IP got out and sent me on my way. In hindsight, I’m surprised he didn’t want to go around again to make sure I was calm enough but it worked out. Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
May 19, 20206 yr word not allowed, that was really close. Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
May 20, 20206 yr The saying that "a pilot begins flying with two bags, one full of luck and the other one empty. The idea is to fill the empty one with experience before they empty the bag full of luck." I say that after looking at that clip, a pilot needs THREE bags...😓 Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
May 23, 20206 yr On 5/19/2020 at 3:01 PM, SAS443 said: Heh. No. See and be seen is what we VFR flyers practice. And it is actually quite hard to spot a small aircraft in flight at certain angles and lighting conditions. I was no 3 in in the pattern a few days ago (uncontrolled field) and this fella in front of me decided to do a 360 orbit(!) prior to turning base due to spacing on short final and I could seriously not see him. Very true. Even with tcas and controllers telling you where to look, it’s still hard to see traffic a lot of the time. Sometimes you spot them fine, others they all might as well be invisible.
May 24, 20206 yr Multiple words not allowed arranged to form a complete sentence! Any closer and it would have been a mid-air collision. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
May 24, 20206 yr I had one similar flying into General Mitchell field in Milwaukee back in the 70's. I was in a 722 (passenger) and we were on short final. All of a sudden the Capt. firewalled the throttles and started cleaning the aircraft up. I looked down and a light twin couldn't have been more than 50 ft below us. We flew out over the lake and made another approach. This on without incident. You have to wonder what people are thinking and not paying attention. Thank you. Rick $Silver Donor EAA 1317610 I7-7700K @ 4.5ghz, MSI Z270 Gaming MB, 32gb 3200, Geforce RTX2080 Super O/C, 28" Samsung 4k Monitor, Various SSD, HD, and peripherals
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