On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 09:05:25 -0500, Greg Copeland
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:54:38 +0000, Larry Dighera wrote:
So far, it's been 50/50. The first high-speed low-level military
flight, that collided with a glider, was able to make it safely to its
original destination. Miraculously, the glider safely landed missing
several feet of wing and aileron! If I recall correctly, the NTSB
found the glider pilot to be at fault, despite the see-and-avoid
regulations!


Perhaps I'm daft, but how is a glider supposed to get out of the way of a
high-speed military craft?

See 91.113:
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text....2.4.7&idno=14

A glider has the right of way over a powered aircraft. It is the
powered aircraft that regulations require avoid the glider, not the
other way round.

Was he flying in a area he wasn't supposed to
be?

The glider was in class G airspace as far as I can tell, albeit
apparently within a Military Training Route. It is my understanding
that aircraft operating there are still governed by the see-and-avoid
mandate.