Big Sky theory.
I like a little tootle round the basin usually non radio apart from the LAX SFR. Never had a problem. Since the owner of the plane got traffic on the Garmin 430 it scares me stupid. Especially if I do even a vaguely sharp turn and it reognises my own plane as traffic at 0 distance 0 feet.
In the 14 years I have been here the nearly all the mid airs have been at obvious spots like the Newhall Pass , low level over the breakwater at Long Beach and strangely at Corona (once I was there and 4 called on the 45 all at the same time since which time I have avoided it).
Now returning to the field at Sherburn around 3.30 on a nice day in the winter there is something to worry about.
Last edited by sherburn2LA; 2nd Mar 2013 at 05:35.