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Old 08-03-2012, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by yimke View Post
Technically he is right.. The FAA constitutes a near mid-air collision as separation of less than 500 feet. However I still feel 800 feet is too close for airliners and would consider it.
800' and 1 nm.
The problem here was the lack of communication that led to the incident in the first place.

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