NMAC AT NON TWR ARPT AS AERONCA TAKES OFF AND BARON IS LNDG.

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ANATOMY OF A FLT INCIDENT. TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AN INCIDENT CAN BE CONFOUNDED BY SUCH CONFLICTING PLT EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS AS THE FOLLOWING: AT ABOUT 100 FT TAKING OFF IN MY SMALL PLANE 1) ON A SE RWY; I WAS STARTLED AT HEARING AND THEN SEEING A TWIN; 2) ACFT ZOOMING DOWN THE RWY ALMOST DIRECTLY UNDER MY L WINDOW. IMMEDIATELY FEELING MUCH REMISS AT NOT HAVING SEEN HIM ON FINAL BEFORE MY TKOF; I WAS YET DEFENSIVELY ANGRY THAT HE HAD ROOM TO GO UNDER ME AND THEN NOT LAND; BUT PULL UP AND GAR AGAIN IN WHAT I PROBABLY MISTOOK TO BE COWBOY FASHION. ANYWAY; I ALSO WENT AROUND THE PATTERN -- INSIDE OF HIS AND MUCH CLOSER IN; TO WATCH HIM LAND BEFORE GOING OFF ON MY W HDG. LATER BACK AT THE HANGER; I WAS TOLD THIS PLT WAS LOOKING FOR ME WITH BLOOD IN HIS EYE! AND TODAY HE DROVE IN TO THE HANGAR AND CONFRONTED ME SAYING I NEARLY CAUSED HIM TO CRASH -- ALL BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE A RADIO AS I SHOULD; SO THAT I COULD HAVE HEARD HIS REPEATED CALLS. NOW THAT MAY BE; AS I KNOW NOTHING OF WHAT WENT ON WITH HIM UNTIL HE APPEARED SO FRIGHTENINGLY BELOW ME. HOWEVER; I DID SEARCH THE SKY IN A SLOW 360 DEG TAXI TURN BEFORE FINALLY TAKING THE ACTIVE. WHAT PUZZLES ME ARE THE HUGE AND IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES IN HIS ACCOUNT FROM MINE. TO BE SURE; YES IF I'D HAD A RADIO AND HEARD HIM ASKING 'WHAT IS THAT JERK ON THE GND GOING TO DO' I WOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN OFF. BUT -- FIRST HE INSISTS HE HAD ME IN VIEW AT ALL TIMES; AND YET NEVER SAW ME MAKE THE 360 DEG TAXI TURN BEFORE PULLING OUT -- EVEN DENYING THAT I MADE THE TURN! HE ALSO INSISTS HE WENT AROUND ME TO THE R; WHICH IF TRUE; WOULD HAVE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO SEE HIM UNLESS I WERE BANKED STEEPLY R TO SEE OUT THAT WINDOW! FINALLY; HE INSISTED THAT I DID NOT GAR BUT INSTEAD FLEW OFF DIRECTLY TO THE SW -- NOT EVEN LOOKING TO SEE IF HE WAS ALRIGHT; ETC. THESE INSISTINGS ARE INCOMPREHENSIBLE AND IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A PLT OF HIS STATION AND EXPERIENCE COULD MAKE THEM! IN CONTINUING TO PUZZLE OVER THESE; I REMEMBER BRIEFLY TALKING TO THIS PLT A FEW MONTHS BACK AT THE ARPT TERMINAL WHEN THE FUTURISTIC-LOOKING BEECH STAR-SHIP WAS THERE. HE SEEMED THEN NOT TO KNOW THAT THE STAR-SHIP WAS DESIGNED WITH THE CONTRACTED HELP OF MR X; AND; INDEED; HE INSISTED THAT IT NEVER HAPPENED! WHILE I DIDN'T PRESS THE MATTER; I THOUGHT IT A BIT STRANGE AT THE TIME; CONSIDERING HIS FAMILIARITY WITH THE STAR-SHIP. BUT NOW AT THIS POINT; AND AS A RETIRED PSYCHOLOGIST STILL ANALYZING BEHAVIOR; IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THIS PLT; AS DYNAMIC AND FORCEFUL AS HE DENY THEM OR INSIST THEY NEVER HAPPENED. FOR MY PART IN THIS INCIDENT; THE MAN IS RIGHT; I SHOULD GET A PORTABLE RADIO. 1947 AERONCA CHIEF WITHOUT ELECTRICAL SYS. BEECH BARON.