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Old 9th Sep 2002, 13:54
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BK LoE

Question.
How many mid air collisions have there been in the BK LoE?
Is there an increasing number that requires some kind of change to current procedures to combat.

When I was a PPL i was also taught to broadcast my intentions north and southbound in the lane.

There are over 5 times the number of aircraft in the Chicago area then there are in the entire country of Australia and yet it is a long time since there has been a mid air in one of the several VFR flyways.... none of which have a radio frequency to broadcast on. Unless you establish flight following with chicago approach then there are no radio calls to be made and it seems to work quite well. See and Avoid.

So my point is, has there been a string of accidents recently that spurred this discussion?
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