RickWoodall
Well Known Member
I saw on here a long time ago that there was a place to log issues with military planes, near misses etc. Anyone mind passing that along?
My wife and I were on a vfr trip cruising on a/p at the correct vfr alt in uncontrolled air. We noticed a plane off our left wing, miles away...it seemed to turn and head towards our destination CYQG. It was 2:40 pm we were heading sw. A little while later we noticed it heading across the lake, and assumed it was US training out of Selfridge ANG. No issue, at this time of day and direction the sun and glare makes vision on the horizon a little tough. About 5 min later, we noticed it off our front right, ahead of the wing. Looked and looked, actually discussed what it was doing and if we could see the direction it was going. HOLLY **** !!! ITS COMING AT US. No really, its coming right at us from front corner and fast. I dropped 1500' and veered to my left, down and away. It happened so fast, I cannot be sure but I think he actually pulled up and to his left.
I am not chicken or a nervous flyer at all. I have flown to osh, sunnfun, blah blah. I have flown through more busy airspace than most of my buddies and enjoy the challenge. This was dangerous.
Scared my wife a lot...as this was a big big plane C-130 I believe and it was at exact same alt and we would have been very close to a collision if I hadn't acted fast. I took a few hours to ponder this today.
The issue is, I was on mode C squawking 1200. I was at 4500ft heading sw. I was on autopilot and any radar or tcas would have no issue finding and understanding my path. I had been monitoring the only airport nearby, nothing of interest being broadcast.
Further....this was in CANADIAN air. I have no issue with military training I love watching it. BUT...I simply don't believe its possible he was toying with me (warthogs have been known to come up and pull beside)...this was a huge aircraft moving fast on a collision coarse. So, I have to assume he didn't know I was there. Well if that's true, Cleveland centre is IFR boss in that area..and I just cant see how this happened and why he would not have spaced himself out enough to fall in behind me. Is it possible someone seriously dropped the ball.
Do I just drop it....or do I file an issue somewhere? Seriously, I have worried about birds, student pilots, bad pilots etc...never considered being smashed out of the sky by a C130
My wife and I were on a vfr trip cruising on a/p at the correct vfr alt in uncontrolled air. We noticed a plane off our left wing, miles away...it seemed to turn and head towards our destination CYQG. It was 2:40 pm we were heading sw. A little while later we noticed it heading across the lake, and assumed it was US training out of Selfridge ANG. No issue, at this time of day and direction the sun and glare makes vision on the horizon a little tough. About 5 min later, we noticed it off our front right, ahead of the wing. Looked and looked, actually discussed what it was doing and if we could see the direction it was going. HOLLY **** !!! ITS COMING AT US. No really, its coming right at us from front corner and fast. I dropped 1500' and veered to my left, down and away. It happened so fast, I cannot be sure but I think he actually pulled up and to his left.
I am not chicken or a nervous flyer at all. I have flown to osh, sunnfun, blah blah. I have flown through more busy airspace than most of my buddies and enjoy the challenge. This was dangerous.
Scared my wife a lot...as this was a big big plane C-130 I believe and it was at exact same alt and we would have been very close to a collision if I hadn't acted fast. I took a few hours to ponder this today.
The issue is, I was on mode C squawking 1200. I was at 4500ft heading sw. I was on autopilot and any radar or tcas would have no issue finding and understanding my path. I had been monitoring the only airport nearby, nothing of interest being broadcast.
Further....this was in CANADIAN air. I have no issue with military training I love watching it. BUT...I simply don't believe its possible he was toying with me (warthogs have been known to come up and pull beside)...this was a huge aircraft moving fast on a collision coarse. So, I have to assume he didn't know I was there. Well if that's true, Cleveland centre is IFR boss in that area..and I just cant see how this happened and why he would not have spaced himself out enough to fall in behind me. Is it possible someone seriously dropped the ball.
Do I just drop it....or do I file an issue somewhere? Seriously, I have worried about birds, student pilots, bad pilots etc...never considered being smashed out of the sky by a C130