REFLECTOR: Close Encounter

[Scott Derrick]

Exactly, I was waiting for 9,500 before calling ABQ center for flight 
following.  They lost radar on the inbound leg 30 minutes prior, when 
descending through 9300 in about the same location.  Luke probably had 
me on radar but thats not their area.

I was in a T210 and the wing was blocking my view of to the south.  He 
was just coming out of that obstruction when I saw him.  The Velocity 
offers much better visibility in flight.

I am also constantly amazed at how hard it is to see airplanes that are 
within a mile of my position when traffic is quoted by ATC.  I don't 
blame the other guy at all, he looked like he was paying attention. Just 
looking level and forward at the time.   Now if he had been reaching 
back to get a beer out of the cooler, well thats another story.

Scott

nmflyer1 at aol.com wrote:
> If Scott was where I think he was (over by the twin peaks)  
> approach(who is really poor, By the way)  won't  talk to you there, 
> And Center  radar  can not  see down that low to help.
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MikeWatsonSpg at cs.com
> To: reflector at tvbf.org
> Sent: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:45:04 EST
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Close Encounter
>
> Scott,
>
> If not on an IFR flight plan, flight following is a must, provides
> an extra pair of eyes. Never fly VFR without it.
>
> Mike W.
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