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Old January 21st 08, 05:50 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Larry Dighera
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Default Mid-air in California

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:24:40 -0500, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN"
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote in
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Larry Dighera wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:39:44 -0800, C J Campbell
wrote in
2008012019394416807-christophercampbell@hotmailcom:

That fact that it is extremely rare ...


A MAC occurred at Corona Municipal Airport less than ten years ago:
3/19/1998



We have automobile collisions collisions by the dozens every month. Once every
ten years would qualify as a fairly rare event, I would think.


Given the disparity between the number of aircraft (239,162 in 2006*)
in the US and the number of automobiles (129,728,341 in 1998**) (542
times as many autos as planes), that's not a very good comparison.

When you factor in the MAC happening in the same location in less than
ten years time, it's even worse.



* http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsite...9factcard.html

** http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/hs97/in3.pdf