A couple of small corrections here. Chip was flying on Hot Springs
Mountain just east of Warner Springs. The jet was on or near a low
level training route. After the collision, Chip was still able to climb
the LS4 and proposed flying back to Hemet. He was convinced by others
flying nearby that observed the damage, that maybe it would be more
prudent to land at Warner Springs.

Bob

raulb wrote:
I am sure that Chip Gardner is thinking that it is deja vu all over
again. He had a Navy jet (A-4? A-6?) eat 3 feet of his wingtip near
Mt. Palomar about 20 years ago.

Gardner managed to fy back and land at the gliderport at Hemet and the
jet limped back to Miramar NAS with a fiberglass wingtip lodged in one
of his engines.

I remember at the time that Chip said that at the speeds they fly, we
go from being a speck on the windshield to a full target in less than
16 seconds.