"W.J. (Bill) Dean (U.K.)." wrote in message
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There was another collision.

It was over Farnborough airfield between a glider from the Farnborough
gliding club and a light aircraft from Blackbushe.

The Astir pilot baled out and landed safely on the airfield.

The power pilot flew back to Blackbushe with his pupil instead of landing
on
the vast airfield underneath him.

W.J. (Bill) Dean (U.K.).
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Back in the 70's ( before you were at the Long Mynd) there was an incident
which I witnessed where a pair of Hunters crossed the airfield. Approaching
from the West they slightly diverted apart as if they had suddenly seen the
gliders and the southerly one passed underneath the K13 just as it released
the cable. Two seconds earlier it would have hit the cable whilst it was
attached to the glider.

I was interviewed by an RAF investigator (we had reported the incident) who
stated that the Hunters were based in Germany , were on exercise over the UK
and that their maps showed the Long Mynd as an area of intense gliding
activity.

DB