Don Johnstone wrote:

The answer is, good lookout, good situational awareness
and the ability to put safety first, press on itius
second.

This doesn't sound like an answer to me. I do all those things, yet I've
still come close to collisions.

Don't expect the other guy to get out of your
way, get out of his, and if that means he has an advantage,
sobeit, at least you continue to fly on intact.

I don't expect the other guy to get out of my way, but I've still come
close to collisions.

These have generally been contest situations involving many gliders, but
not always. An effective, but not perfect, way to avoid collsions is to
always fly well away from other gliders. It's not a perfect way, because
you can't stop other glider from seeing you and joining you.

I'm surprised people are willing to claim a technological solution is
unworkable without any demonstration of it's ability. How can you say
"The answer is, good lookout, good situational awareness and the ability
to put safety first, press on itius second", when you have no data on
the proposed solution? Wouldn't a better remark be "Try it, and show us
the results?"

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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA