Well, this goes some way to explaining it. The Husky sits right in the glare of the sun, a bit off to the right and below the Cessna pilot, who probably focussed on the dark Cub (his intended *target* after all). Very hard to see - don't forget the camera is mounted on the right. Btw, I don't see the banner the Husky was towing, although from above this probably would be all but invisible.
Not saying this was inevitable, but the holes in the cheese really lined up here.
What I don't quite understand is that it appears that either the Cessna descended or the Husky ascended at the last moment, thereby flying into each other. It looks like had they both maintained their flight paths they would have passed each other very, very closely but without contact.
Last edited by 172driver; 10th Sep 2012 at 15:44.