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Apr 5th, 2004 at 12:56pm

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Well I was just making my usual cargo charter from Stuttgart Germany to St Gallen in Switzerland in my Caravan.
I was cleared for runway 10 approach and at 20 miles from the airport I heard a mooney requesting a full stop at 21 miles.
As soon as I heard I thought that I should really check just in case.  Ive never had a collision yet so I wasnt expecting one now. I changed to spot view and had a look arround, but didnt spot anything. I just thought that its probbably on the other side  somwhere far away.
After about 30 seconds I nearly jumped out of my seat as a mooney flew right through me and nocked my wing off, sending me into a spirall.
Luckily I managed to pause and 'refresh' my cessna to its old airworthy state.

I got so annoyed with him ( its only AI, but its the principle that counts  Wink )  that I made a low and fast landing. Now from reading my charts I remembered that since its a nice peaceful area, I shouldnt use my reverser. Rolling down the runway ( with not much left of it ) it became apparent that maby I should have used it after all. Ok so I took out the ILS system for a few days and might need a new prop, but atleast I made him go arround, he he he  Grin .


Now lets see if i can post the pic with no hassle.
No I cant  Embarrassed . I dont understand why the pics I upload here never work. Anyway here it is from my site.

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Reply #1 - Apr 5th, 2004 at 7:57pm

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Hate that AI sometimes!  Times like those are what inspire me to plow right through little 737s when I'm taxiing a widebody!
 

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