not to mention trusting your life to some crazy guy who built a glider
in his garage...


Now that was funny! I'm sure Bob will come back with a nice, sharp
response.


Back to the serious aspect of this discussion. I just don't see this
as "black or white" as most others do. If I were involved in a
collision, I'd be so puckered up the damaged ship would probably be
safer than my skill, which would be seriously degraded by stress. I
guess I'd be looking to put it down as soon as possible with my hand
not far from the canopy eject handle the entire time. That's mostly
because I'm a low-timer and conservative by nature. I'm sure that a
cooler head in this type of situation comes with experience. Who am I
to judge someone way more experienced than me flying in this
circumstance. Over hostile terrain no less. I'm glad no one was hurt.


Dave