I didn't take it as criticism - I can come accross quite aggresive in my posts sometimes and I don't mean to.
My incident shook me up big time because it was absolutely my responsibility to stay clear - but the realisation that something could be closing on me in the sun would never, ever had occured to me before.
I agree that he could and should have seen me as I have a shiny aluminium aeroplane and I was surely 'glinting' in the sun - but I am glad I didn't have to remonstrate with him from six feet under as to whose responsibility it was.