Some people ask, "Do you ever see other airplanes up there?" The answer obviously is yes. However, this picture was taken at 1000 ft above and a little over three miles away. As you can see, there's not much to see.
Taken at 170000 ft en route Knoxville to Charlotte. He was going from Atlanta to Johnson City/Tri Cities, Tennessee at 18000 ft.
A few statistics for the understanding of the likelihood of seeing other aircraft when not in the terminal area on approach. There are approximately 650,000 total pilots in America. There are over 1.2 million drivers in the Metropolitan Nashville Area. Given that there is an additional measure of separation by using the third dimension-altitude and that there are no real "roadways," seeing other airplanes, while not uncommon, is not usually too exciting. Usually, they are so far away that they appear to be mere specks.
All of that said, few openings to books are as dramatic or as interesting to read as the opening to Fate is the Hunter by Ernet Gann.
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