Thanks for all your replies. I think this is something to think about
*before* it happens to you (and it can - a good friend was hit earlier
this year, he landed safely minus some 40% of his DG's tailplane. He
didn't know it had gone until he landed). I also agree that the use of
FLARM is a no-brainer - oddly, there's still resistance to it in some
quarters.

On Sep 12, 5:08 am, "Mike Schumann" mike-nos...@traditions-
nospam.com wrote:
My gut feeling is that one of the more likely scenarios is a mid-air at or
near pattern altitude. When you are this low, I doubt you have time to bail
out, whether you have NOAH or not. This is where only a Balistic Recovery
Chute can save your butt.

Last year in Britain there was a mid-air at "1,500' above the
airfield". One pilot left through a hole in his canopy resulting from
the collision. If I remember correctly, eye-witnesses said the fairly
old parachute he was using opened remarkably quickly, and the pilot
survived. The other pilot, flying a ASW19, appears to have been unable
to jettison his canpoy as the PDA and logger cables had been cable
tied to the frame.

http://www.aaib.dft.gov.uk/cms_resou...0and%20GDP.pdf


Dan