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Pilot jumps from glider after mid air collision

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A grandfather had to jump from a glider at 4,500 feet after it had a wing smashed off in a terrifying mid-air collision - only to parachute down in to the path of a combine harvester. (allthingsaero.com) More...

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avihais
Martin Haisman 3
Did I miss something? What did the glider hit in the "mid air collision"
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wopri
Wolfgang Prigge 2
I asked myself the same question, then I saw in one of the commets below the article that the collision was with another glider that returned to the ground safely. I guess the article was written by a student reporter without any supervision.
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