Originally Posted by
Squawk7700
I recently came way too close head-on to an AW139 and only knew it was there at first because ATC told me it was at my 12 o'clock. I didn't spot the white bits on top of the rotors until very late in the piece as we were at the same level.
Yep - dreadful crash and I suspect that when all is said and done visibility of one machine in peripheral vision against visual ground clutter will be a factor. Even for very experienced pilots. Awful.