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Old 9th Jan 2003, 13:11
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Smith, Pike and Hamtn and Lookout...

Gents,

This is what it will be like when the first midair occurs in one of your rotten CTAF:

"The pilot of the Cessna, Rolf Traupe, described his experience this week: "I saw a flash of orange [the Boeing's nose section] out of the corner of my eye.

"I did not feel any impact and thought the jet had just missed me. But then I heard the Angolan pilots complaining about damage to their wing. I knew then they had hit me."

Traupe said he felt the turbulence of the Boeing buffet his aircraft, which began to vibrate.

"I reduced speed to maintain control of the aircraft, and because I could not see the extent of the damage, I thought it was minor as the aircraft was flying quite normally."

(This lifted from the airdisaster website: African Midair recently).

LOOKOUT DOESN'T WORK!
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