Thanks Mark,

Interesting report.

My two near misses have been on the approach to the down wind joining
point;
Once I was nearly taken out by a glider performing aerobatics.  I was
heading in toward the airfield and did not see the HASLL manoeuvres,
Second time I was nearly run down by the tug, which was overtaking me on a
steeper approach from behind.   We were both blinded.  I had a flarm
indication but   was unsure what the level of threat was nor how to respond.

On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Mark Newton <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> On 4 Oct, 2014, at 8:07 am, Peter Champness <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The take off/landing area seems to be the most vulnerable area because
> that is where the flight paths cross most often.
>
>
> Have a look at the diagram at the bottom of page 8 on this ATSB report
> from ten years ago.
> http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/36828/Review_of_midair_col.pdf
>
> Each red dot represents a mid-air collision in Australia in the circuit
> area between 1961 and 2003.  It's like a 2-D histogram, most likely place
> for a mid-air seems to be on final approach.
>
>   - mark
>
>
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