I survived a midair unhurt in 2003; I was very lucky in several ways. The other glider took my tail off. My canopy broke off in the impact, and the glider bunted so that I was hanging by the straps in the open air.

I was very aware of the UK comp pilot fatality mentioned above when after a midair at 2,500 feet the tailpane fell off at 500 feet (my memory of an eyewitness account) and I had always worried about how to decide whether to jump out. I still do worry about it! When I had my midair, one of my first thoughts was 'at least in this case there is no doubt about whether I need to parachute'!

I only had to undo my straps and I fell out. I had a nasty cut on my ankle presumably because I did not think about drawing up my legs before undoing my straps but was otherwise completely unhurt (and the other guy, a friend, also parachuted and was also unhurt).

Noah sounds good - but I have only ever heard of it on the DG website.