[mannykannot]

Once, while flying a glider, I shared the top of a thermal at 5,000 ft. with hundreds of swallows, darting all around me. I guess they were there to feed on the insects carried up there by the thermal, while I was up there because I needed the altitude to get home. Admittedly, I was only flying at 55 mph., and not making much noise.

I have also had a model airplane pull up in front of me, and that scared the crap out of me for a second, until I realized it wasn't the real thing - though, on reflection, it might have done serious damage if it hit the canopy or the horizontal stabilizer.