Glider Crash - Minden?

In article , Martin Gregorie
writes
Yuliy Gerchikov wrote:
"kirk.stant" wrote in message
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Plus, 20 seconds is an eternity when it comes to getting out of the
way.

I asked this question several times, and never saw a convincing answer:
exactly how do you use even the 20 seconds if you have them to avoid
something coming at you at 300 (or, it was suggested, possibly much more)
knots?

Stop turning and stick the nose down steeply at the same time.

That's about the quickest way to exit a given volume of air that I can
think of if you're starting from a low airspeed. I'll be interested to
hear of anything that would be faster and/or of something what would
work if you're too low to dive away from the threat.


Yebbut, what if the threat is coming from below? This happened to me
when I spotted what I took to be a glider and tug combination, below and
at my 10 o'clock, which rather too rapidly resolved itself into 2 A-10s
climbing to my level. They went by about 100 feet higher, one each side.
I filed an airmiss report, but by the time it was investigated, the A-10
drivers concerned had returned home across the Pond.
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Mike Lindsay