Salute!
Well,
Bob, just so happens I have a fairly close buddy from my Viper and Sluf days that can talk to you about a mid-air.
https://www.racing-reference.info/showblog?id=3142
Sadly, I also knew one of the pilots in the same plane that went down later. He was the son of my war time flight commander, and his accident might have been prevented by the ground collision gizmo. We early Viper folks did not want a robot taking over when we were not expecting it for reasons you outlined. Our gee onset was so great compared to other planes that we lost a few where the CWS or simikar could have helped. I even had my student go la la one day and recovered as he came to.
Gums sends...
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