See & avoid works - but only just!

[Final 3 Greens]

Air prox involving two RAF aircraft

See the video by following this link

RAF Tornado comes within 30ft of mid-air collision - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4637758/RAF-Tornado-comes-within-30ft-of-mid-air-collision.html)

[Spruit]

I looked for any discussion of this on the Mil boards but couldn't see anything! Can anyone shed any more light on it? VERY close call! :bored:

[kalleh]

I would argue that the video is an argument that see and avoid DOESN'T work :)

On the other hand, big sky theory...

[Spruit]

Surely this proves that it DOES work, seeing how he avoided a collision!

And bear in mind he's probably not focusing 100% on "See and Avoid" at the time and if I'm to believe the papers (Which mainly I don't) he's running in after passing IP and discussing his next waypoint with his RIO and he's doing 500kts? (Someone will no doubt correct me if I'm wrong about this)

:ok:

[Mariner9]

Not the clearest video, but it appears to show that the tornado manoever did not have any impact ;) on the lack of collision - thankfully, the aircraft tracks were not fully converging.

Big Sky theory works most of the time :D

[Cusco]

I don't think anybody took any avoiding action, hence the 'dum-de-dum' singing to cover sound of trousers turning brown.

Cusco

[Rightbase]

It's here (http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/362453-near-miss.html#post4723212).

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