Thanks for the link, Chris. While I've never seen an aircraft on a
direct collision course with me, I do recall one on a reciprocal course
passing a few hundred feet above me.
Yes, it does happen very quickly!
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 2/7/2019 4:14 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
I’ve just received this link to the Airprox magazine, published by the UK
Airprox Board.
https://www.airproxboard.org.uk/uploadedFiles/Content/Images/Airporx_magazine/Airprox%202018_hi-res.pdf
<https://www.airproxboard.org.uk/uploadedFiles/Content/Images/Airporx_magazine/Airprox%202018_hi-res.pdf>
I’m showing you this because it has a very important article on vision in flight, discussing
your high acuity vision (and how narrow it is) and how you must use that vision to see other
aircraft. I teach this at the Centre of Aviation Medicine (which is for military aircrew) so it
pleases me greatly that it’s out in the GA world as well. Of particular note is the
principle of saccadic vision: your high acuity vision doesn’t work properly when you sweep
your eyes around a scene and there will be gaps in what you see. This of course important for
lookout when flying, but is of equal significance when driving and using junctions.
I’ve just sent it to one of my nephews in the hope that he’ll take note for when
he’s flying (GA).
Chris
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