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After doing some approaches at a distant uncontrolled airport, my flying buddy and I decided to do a couple more approaches at a towered field on the way home. After he completed a couple approaches, we decided to continue home on a westerly heading. On our way back, tower contacted us to advise of traffic at 10 o'clock and 2 miles heading northeast. "Negative contact" The next call came shortly after...traffic now 10-11 o'clock and 1/2 mile, indicating 100kts, altitude not reported. I was checking high and low, but never did see the traffic. Next report from tower was that traffic was behind us, and no longer a factor.
We were heading into the sun, so it was very difficult to see anything ahead of us. The other plane was not on tower freq, so I'll never know if they had us in sight...and for all I know it could have been several thousand feet above us.
There's just something about flying VFR on the weekends with obstucted visibilities that gives me the heebie jeebies.
We were heading into the sun, so it was very difficult to see anything ahead of us. The other plane was not on tower freq, so I'll never know if they had us in sight...and for all I know it could have been several thousand feet above us.
There's just something about flying VFR on the weekends with obstucted visibilities that gives me the heebie jeebies.