ACFT TAKES OFF IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF LNDG ACFT.

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ON JUL/WED/94 AT XX00; I TOOK OFF IN VFR CONDITIONS FROM HVN ON AN IFR FLT PLAN TO GON. AS I NEARED GON; I WAS ABLE TO PICK UP THE LIGHTS OF THE ELECTRIC BOAT COMPANY; PFIZER; AND HESS OIL; WHICH ARE EXTREMELY BRIGHT; AND A FEW MINS LATER; THE ARPT BEACON JUST BEYOND GON. DURING THIS TIME; MY GPS (VFR) RANGE TO THE FIELD WAS BTWN 8 AND 10 MI; SO I CONSIDERED CANCELING IFR BUT THEN DECIDED TO MAKE AN APCH FOR PRACTICE. AFTER REQUESTING A VOR RWY 23 APCH; I RECEIVED A VECTOR TO 050 DEGS AND A DSCNT TO 3000 FT. THIS TOOK ME WITHIN ABOUT 1/2 MI OF THE TV 26 TWR. I COULD STILL SEE THE GON BEACON; WHICH CONFIRMED THE 8-10 NM VISIBILITY. I ALSO STARTED TO PICK UP AN UNDERCAST TO THE E; BELOW 1000 FT. PVD WAS VECTORING A NAVY C-12 FOR THE VOR RWY 23 APCH TO GON AT THIS TIME. AFTER A VECTOR TO 070 DEGS; PVD TURNED ME TO 090 DEGS AND CLRED ME TO 2000 FT WHILE STILL ABOUT 9 NM W OF SONEY INTXN. PVD THEN TOLD THE C-12 IT WAS 3 NM E OF SONEY; CLRED IT FOR THE VOR RWY 23 APCH; AND TOLD IT TO CALL BACK ON 118.55 OR 119.45 AS SOON AS IT LANDED BECAUSE THERE WAS ANOTHER PLANE WAITING TO MAKE THE SAME APCH (ME). AFTER A VECTOR TO 200 DEGS; PVD ASKED ME TO ATTEMPT TO CONTACT THE C-12 ON GON CTAF TO SEE IF THEY HAD LANDED. I TRIED BOTH THE SECONDARY RADIO (ALREADY SET TO 125.6) AND THEN THE PRIMARY (A FLIP-FLOP RADIO SET TO 125.75 AND 125.6); BUT RECEIVED NO ANSWER. AFTER CHKING BACK IN WITH PVD; I WAS VECTORED TO 360 DEGS. A FEW MINS LATER; PVD VECTORED ME TO 210 DEGS; CLRED ME FOR THE VOR RWY 23 APCH; TERMINATED RADAR SVCS AND ASKED THAT I CONTACT THEM IF I WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE THE APCH. VISIBILITY E OF THE ARPT WAS STILL POOR; PROBABLY 1 MI OR LESS; AND AS I DSNDED TO MINIMUM DSCNT ALT AT 740 FT I WAS JUST SKIMMING THE TOP OF THE FOG. I WAS ABLE TO PICK UP THE LIGHTS OF MYSTIC AS I NEARED THE ARPT; AND THEN THE LIGHTS IF I-95. AT ABOUT 3 NM FROM THE ARPT (BY GPS) I REGAINED THE LIGHTS OF ELECTRIC BOAT; PFIZER; AND HESS. I PICKED UP THE REIL FOR RWY 23 AT ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF FROM THE RWY (THOUGH I DIDN'T REALIZE IT AT FIRST) AND MANEUVERED RIGHT TO LINE UP FOR LNDG. AS I DID; THE RWY LIGHTS AND THEN ALL THE ARPT AND CITY LIGHTS CAME INTO VIEW. I CALLED PVD; TOLD THEM THAT I HAD THE ARPT IN SIGHT; CANCELED IFR; AND THEN SWITCHED OVER TO CTAF ON MY PRIMARY RADIO. I MADE A NORMAL LNDG NEAR THE NUMBERS AT APPROX XX47. AS I FOLLOWED OUT PAST TXWY D; PROBABLY AT ABOUT 20-30 KTS; I SAW WHAT I AT FIRST THOUGHT WERE THE APCH LIGHTS FOR RWY 5. WITHIN A SECOND OR 2; I REALIZED THAT NOT ONLY SHOULD I NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE APCH LIGHTS. BUT THAT THE LIGHT I DID SEE WAS GETTING BRIGHTER AND ALSO MOVING. REALIZING THAT IT WAS AN ONCOMING PLANE; I IMMEDIATELY TURNED TO THE R TO DRIVE OFF THE RWY. THE ONCOMING PLANE LIFTED OFF AS I REACHED THE RWY EDGE AND PASSED OVER ME BY WHAT I WOULD ESTIMATE WAS NO MORE THAN 150 FT. AT NO TIME DID I HEAR THE OTHER PLANE MAKE ANY CALLS ON CTAF. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE SAME NAVY C-12 THAT HAD LANDED JUST PRIOR TO ME; SINCE THERE WERE NO NAVY C-12 TYPE ACFT PARKED AT THE TERMINAL OR BY THE FBO RAMP; AND AFTER I REACHED THE RAMP SWITCHED THE RADIO BACK TO PVD AND HEARD A NAVY PLANE. I TIED DOWN THE PLANE; AND BECAUSE THE FBO'S WERE CLOSED; I CONTACTED PVD BY TELEPHONE FROM MY HOME AND MADE A RPT TO THE APCH SUPVR. THE NEXT DAY; I RPTED THE INCIDENT TO THE FBO/FLYING CLUB MGR AND THE TWR SUPVR AT GON. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE PLANE WAS ON THE RWY WHEN I FIRST GAINED SIGHT OF THE RWY; SINCE I HAD TRIED TO SIGHT THE REIL. IF HE WAS; I WOULD HAVE SEEN HIS LNDG LIGHT; AND HE WOULD HAVE SEEN MY LNDG LIGHT AND BEACON DSNDING ONTO THE RWY VISIBILITY AT THE ARPT AND TO THE N AND W WAS GOOD; WHILE VISIBILITY CLOSER TO ME -- PROBABLY AIRBORNE -- BY THE TIME I TOUCHED DOWN. I AM ALARMED BECAUSE THESE PLTS DECIDED TO TAKE OFF USING RWY 5 EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD BEEN TOLD THERE WAS ANOTHER ACFT FOLLOWING THEM TO RWY 23. HAD I BEEN A MIN OR 2 LATER ON THE APCH; I WOULD HAVE BEEN AIRBORNE ON THE RWY CTRLINE AT 500-700 FT; MAKING A COLLISION MORE LIKELY. ALSO; I DON'T THINK HE WAS EVER TUNED INTO THE CTAF; SINCE I NEVER HEARD HIM ON EITHER OF MY RADIOS AND HE APPARENTLY DIDN'T HEAR ME. THIS WAS IRRESPONSIBLE AND DANGEROUS; SINCE THE PLTS HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER PLANE IN THE AREA; INBOUND TO THE SAME RWY.