Scudrunners

I know people think I'm stupid when I tell them to

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and I hurt their feelings when I tell them that pilots
who rely on the radio for separation are going to die
soon, but

[url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-planes ... rs-killed/]https://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-planes ... rs-killed/[/url]

[quote]WTTV reports the airport does not have an air traffic control tower, and pilots are expected to communicate via a common radio frequency.

"Pilots using the field are expected to announce their intentions on a common radio frequency and to coordinate with one another while on the ground and in the traffic pattern," the FAA said.[/quote]

Question: do you think it hurts to crash?  Do you want to hurt? 

If not, maybe you should

[b][size=5]LOOK OUTSIDE[/size][/b]

Really have to wonder how this happened...

[img width=500 height=280]https://cbsnews1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r ... -17180.png[/img]

Is there much of a crest in the runway?  I wonder if it was the kind of thing where the other airplane wasn't visible at the start of the takeoff roll.

One of the airplanes I fly has a constant reminder to look out and listen; the wing tip bow is flattened for about a foot and a half along its outer edge.  Story goes that somewhere somebody was taking off and as they crested the high point half way down the runway they came upon a Pitts S-1 taking off going the other way.  Both chopped the power and ground looped in opposite directions (luckily) but there was a brief contact between rudder and wing tip.  Doesn't get any closer than that.

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