Hawker vs. Glider Midair - with photo!

"Ramy" wrote in message
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Yuliy, I assume this is the degrees off center for the jet pilot,

Correct -- assuming the jet is flying straight. (Note that if glider is
manoeuvring at all, the angles are even less, i.e. closer to jet's 12
o'clock.)

BTW, remember the 26.5 degrees figure? One o'clock would be 30 degrees, of
course (...off-course).

what will it be for the glider pilot under similar conditions.

360, of course.

but sounds like we, as the slower aircraft, need much more
scanning then other faster aircrafts

Of couse, the faster aircrafts need to scan more for the faster aircrafts
yet...
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Yuliy


Ramy


Yuliy Gerchikov wrote:
"Aluckyguess" wrote in message
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How can a glider hit an airborne jet from the side? It can happen, but
the glider is well in front of the jet until the point of impact.
Good timing

Assuming glider Vne of 150 kts and jet speed of 300 kts, the widest
possible
azimuth angle from jet to glider is 26.5 degrees off center at any time
before impact (linear path).

At a more typical for a thermalling glider 60 kts this angle is reduced
to
11.3 degrees.

Which one do you call "from the side"?
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Yuliy