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On Saturday a Beaver collided with a boat in Vancouver Harbour.
It would be very difficult for the pilot to see over the nose to the right, and then there’s the windscreen pillar and so it would be difficult to see and avoid this collision.
The boat had the aeroplane on it’s port side, and so boat to boat it had right of way.
But then an aeroplane taking off has right of way.
Normally Harbour Tower would advise a pilot of the waterborne traffic where there’s a risk of collision.
Perhaps, like we do when at an uncontrolled airfield where we might do a 270 degree turn to look along the approach path before entering the runway, in the seaplane we should do likewise.
Even an S turn to scan the water path before applying takeoff power would allow for see and avoid.
On Saturday a Beaver collided with a boat in Vancouver Harbour.
It would be very difficult for the pilot to see over the nose to the right, and then there’s the windscreen pillar and so it would be difficult to see and avoid this collision.
The boat had the aeroplane on it’s port side, and so boat to boat it had right of way.
But then an aeroplane taking off has right of way.
Normally Harbour Tower would advise a pilot of the waterborne traffic where there’s a risk of collision.
Perhaps, like we do when at an uncontrolled airfield where we might do a 270 degree turn to look along the approach path before entering the runway, in the seaplane we should do likewise.
Even an S turn to scan the water path before applying takeoff power would allow for see and avoid.
MichaelP
Wandering the World
Wandering the World
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