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Gliders in collision.

Old 16th Jul 2014, 06:28
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Gliders in collision.

Sounds like a lucky escape.....hopefully everyone OK?


BBC News - Two gliders in mid-air crash at airfield near Kinross
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Old 16th Jul 2014, 15:33
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Happily the BBC report is correct.
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Flarm?

Does anybody know if Flarm was in use?
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Hopefully the report will appear fairly soon and that will include FLARM - if it was in use, and if it wasn't in both gliders if it might have helped avoid the collision.
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