There are plenty of cases where the mark one eye ball didn't work and fatal accidents on short final have been the result.
In my case I was on final and was joined from behind by a glider that was overtaking less than 20 feet above me requiring a negative "bunt" to avoid and short landing before the threshold. I didn't trust that the now number one in the landing sequence would do the right thing and remain straight on the RWY landing run until stationary so that following ACFT could land on his right! Or has this rule for following ACFT to rely on this expectation of a clear path to the preceding ACFT been rescinded since I did my solo Trng? I would like to offer the reference for this rule but am away from my material for the fortnight so I'm sure someone else has the basic rule manual/CASA document to hand. Kind regards, Daryl Mackay On 06/03/2013, at 12:31, "Michael Shirley" <michael.shir...@bigpond.com> wrote: > The Mark 1 Eyeball is supposed to be used in the circuit to find out how not > to have an unexpected meeting. Surely that would identify those sharing your > final – it would need to be within 15-20 seconds of yours to cause a possible > clash in landing run. You both should have seen each other already. > Michael > > From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net > [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Scott Penrose > Sent: Wednesday, 6 March 2013 12:30 PM > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Taxying after Landing > > > On 06/03/2013, at 11:34 AM, "Michael Shirley" <michael.shir...@bigpond.com> > wrote: > > > It would be nice to think the two aircraft had identified each other at the > latest 3 minutes before landing! > > Sometimes radios don't work. Sometimes there is half a dozen people landing > at once. Sometimes there is emergency. To rely on situational awareness and > radios is not very safe. > > Scott > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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